grammar : "of", " 's" or nothing ?

Yoann Le Bleis yoannlebleis at gmail.com
Mon Aug 7 07:23:43 MDT 2006


Does anyone have a good link to a page that exhaustively defines the use of
*of*,  *'s* and *nothing* in a nominal group?
I learned these rules a few years ago, but I cannot remember them exactly...

Can I use the *'s* for an object possessing another object? eg "widget's
event"
What about concepts?
How can I choose between "confidentiality rules" and "rules of
confidentiality"?

I hope my request is clear enough...

Yoann
French intern in tech. doc.



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