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's vs of (The scenery of the village vs. The village's scenery) #1 (permalink) Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:38 am   's vs of (The scenery of the village vs. The village's scenery)
 

The scenery of the village is beautiful.

The village's scenery is beautiful.

Which is correct?

soccer match or soccer competition?
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's vs of (The scenery of the village vs. The village's scenery) #2 (permalink) Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:43 am   's vs of (The scenery of the village vs. The village's scenery)
 

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Non-sentient nouns can use the Anglo-Saxon genitive, but it is uncommon and frowned upon by some grammarians. Actually, more usual would be ;'the village scenery', where the noun becomes an adjective.

I would think that a soccer competition was a series of matches, but that may be just me.
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