[lit-ideas] Re: Ownership and the possessive case
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 11:29:53 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Wed, 6/5/09, cblists@xxxxxxxx <cblists@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: cblists@xxxxxxxx <cblists@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Ownership and the possessive case
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, 6 May, 2009, 10:51 AM
>
> That (use of) the possessive case implies ownership may or
> may not be contradicted by the following (counter)examples
> (taken from Hegglewith's well-known short story,
> "Filibuster's Folly"):
>
> "Rochefort was distracted by the escaped cockatoo's antics
> in the tram, and consequently missed his stop - and his
> train."
But this _could_ be countered grammatically, _if we so stipulated_ that "his"
implied ownership, that it was not "his train" but the train he intended to
board etc.
So much for grammar.
D
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