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Use of Genitive: "Tom's brother's car"

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#1 (permalink) Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:36 am Use of Genitive: "Tom's brother's car"

Is the use of the genitive in "Tom's brother's car.", correct?

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#2 (permalink) Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:10 am Use of Genitive

Doubtful wrote:

Is the use of the genitive in "Tom's brother's car.", correct?

Yes, it's absolutely correct. Es el coche del hermano de Tom?s.

English: Tom -> brother -> car

Spanish: car <- brother <- Tom

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