Monday, 11 November 2013

佔有慾強的apostrophe (possessive apostrophe)

Possessive

1. 
所有格 [語言學名詞],除了my, his, her 等所有格形容詞外,還可以用"apostrophe s" ('s)

2. possessive 
可以解作佔有慾強的,

用在人身上,表示很想得到那個人的關愛及注意︰
Danny could be very jealous and possessive about/ of me...
丹尼很愛吃醋,對我的占有慾很強。
用在物件上,表示不願與別人分享該物件︰
People were very possessive about/ of their coupons.
人們很想獨占禮券。

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