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Dissertations on the English Language

by Noah Webster

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Possessive Case

In many instances we find two or three words used to describe or designate a particular person or thing; in which case they are to be considered as a single noun or name, and the sign of the possessive annexed to the last; as, “the King of France’s army.”

“Fletcher of Salton’s plan of a militia differs little from that of Harrington.”101—— Home, Sketch 9.

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