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Greek is one of the oldest recorded living languages of the world, with a truly rich history that spans over 3,000 years.

The use of the apostrophe with nouns to show ownership (Saxon Genitive?) has always puzzled me. I haven't been able to find a convincing rule in any of the grammar or usage books where I've checked.

The neuter noun 'bed' belongs to the 'dog', which is a masculine noun in German. We must use the genitive case here to show the possession. Sie hat der deutschen Lehrerin die Hausaufgaben gegeben.

A Pervasive Theme in the Gospels and Acts." ETS annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 2002. "The Abused Genitive. Mistranslations of the Genitive in Some Literal Bible Translations," Far West Regional ...

an expert in ancient Greek epigraphy – resulted in the letters ΔΟΥ-ΛΟ[Υ] (DOULOU), the genitive (the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word ...

The University Style Guide is designed to help writers and communicators across campus with matters of grammar and style, whether writing for the University’s internal or external audiences. This ...

In Iceland, naming your child isn't as simple as flipping through a baby name book and pointing at a name you like. This island nation has a unique set of rules and traditions when it comes to ...

Google partners can help financial services companies leverage genitive AI to improve their credit decisions, better leverage customer data, speed up processes and provide AI services.

In total there are four cases in German: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive (some claim that the genitive is fading out, but I am clasping onto it firmly with both hands, for it is the German ...

Auer is an old German last name, and also many towns, lakes and rivers in Germany carry that name. But of course it sounds like the English genitive of ‘us’ — ‘our.’ Funny enough: ‘Haus’ is spelled ...