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2.5 animals 1. Use
’s when referring to the parts of the body of a living animal.
2. Use
’s when referring to the products of living animals.
3. Do not use
’s for dead animal body parts or products.
YES NO 1
The temporal lobes of the monkey’s brain . The temporal lobes of the
monkey brain .
2 We used
ewe’s milk rather than
cow’s milk . We used
ewe milk rather than
cow milk .
2
Lamb’s wool is ideal for this kind of outdoor clothing.
Lamb wool is ideal for this kind of outdoor clothing.
3
Collagen can be obtained from calf skin orb rat skin . Collagen can be obtained from
calf’s skin orb rats skin .
3 In some parts of the world they eat
monkey brain . In some parts of the world they eat
monkey’s brain .
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2.6 genitive with inanimate objects The genitive is not generally used with nonhuman subjects, apart from those categories mentioned in the previous subsections (companies, countries, towns, planets. However in some cases – for which there are no rules – the genitive is used with inanimate things. Its usage varies
from discipline to discipline, and may break the usual rules of English grammar. Inmost cases a
the + noun + of + the + noun construction can also be used. Thus if you are not sure, use the
of construction. See also 16.10 and 16.11
YES (NEARLY ALWAYS CORRECT) YES (BUT ONLY IN SOME CASES) The
role of the brain is crucial. The
brain’s role is crucial. The tasks of the
network is to converge to a particular output. The
network’s task is to converge to a particular output. An understanding of
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