Thread: aunt's house

Quote: Originally Posted by chamyto Yes, you´re right, but grammatically the option with the saxon genitive is also possible. I felt the need to explain something here. I consider myself a reasonably well educated native speaker, and in my life, I have never heard the term saxon genitive . A quick google search explained it to me. It is a way of saying " apostrophe S " or " the possesive ." I assume that...

I had to look it up, too. As I understand it, chamyto is saying that the original poster's first sentence is correct. If so, I agree entirely. Rover

Quote: Originally Posted by Rover_KE Maybe she has more than one aunt. In this case I would say 'Mary went to the house of one of her aunts'. Rover Yes, you´re right, but grammatically the option with the saxon genitive is also possible.

Quote: Originally Posted by Apophis Mary went to an aunt's house and couldn't leave because... I wonder if the underlined text is good and natural English. Yes Quote: Could I also say "went out to visit an aunt"? You could say it, but it wouldn't necessarily mean the same thing. The aunt might be in a rest home, for example.

Good point envie. I had never heard of the saxon genitive until I arrived in WordReference. When I first read it here everyone else seemed to be completely familiar with it. But maybe like envie, and me, they all rushed off to look it up before replying

Mary went to an aunt's house and couldn't leave because... I wonder if the underlined text is good and natural English. Could I also say "went out to visit an aunt"? Thanks.

Thank you envie for looking that up, AND taking the time to post an explanation. it's certainly a good form to follow given the nature of the forum.

I had to look it up, too. As I understand it, chamyto is saying that the original poster's first sentence is correct. If so, I agree entirely. Rover

Thank you envie for looking that up, AND taking the time to post an explanation. it's certainly a good form to follow given the nature of the forum.