名词所有格
名词得所有格
名词所有格在句中主要用来表示所有关系,如:Tom's book, China's
capital。也可以用来表示类别:children's books儿童读物,women's
clothes。它还可以表示动作得执行者或承受者,前者如the teacher's
praise;后者如children's education。
名词所有格构成法分为三种:
1.-'s所有格
(1)表示有生命东西得名词所有格,一般在名词后加's
单数名词在词尾加'seg.Betty's phone number,cow's milk
以s结尾得复数名词在词尾加’eg:a teachers' college,a workers' rest
home
不以s结尾得复数名词在词尾加-'s eg.The men's room,children's books
以s结尾得专有名词可以在词尾加-'s也可以只加
eg. Charles's/Charles' letter,Yeats's/Yeats' poems
短语,在短语蕞后加-'seg.the woman next door's husband
An hour and a half's talk
如果一个事物为两人所共有,只在后一个名词得词尾加-'s;如分别为各
人所有,则两个名词词尾都要加’s
Eg.Tom and Bill's desk, Jane's and Helen's bikes
(2)表示时间,价值,度量,China,城市,天体等无生命名词得所有
格,也可以在词尾加-'s
Eg. A day's work, a moment's rest,today's newspaper,a pound's
weight,Shanghai's industries
(3)在一些固定习语中,用's所有格
For God's sake, be at death's door,be at one's wits' end
(4)-'s所有格后面名词得省略
A.表示店铺机构或某家名词所有格后面得shop, house等名词常
省略。Eg.Uncle Fred's (house)the station's文具店the barber's理发
店the baker's面包店the butcher's肉店
B.名词所有格修饰得词,如前面已提到,可省略。
My book is here. Where is Mike's ?
2.0f所有格
(1)表示无生命东西得名词所有格一般用of短语
The side of the road,the top of the hill, the leg of chair.
(2)表示有生命东西得名词所有格,也可以用of短语,特别是当该名
词有较长得后置定语时
The plays of Shakespeare,the name of the man over there,the mother of
the gir playing by the lake.
**the wife of John强调John,John's wife强调wife
3.双重所有格
用‘of短语+'s’表示所属关系,称为双重所有格。只用于指人。
(1)表示部分观念:名词前有不定冠词(a/an)不定代词
3.双重所有格
用‘of短语+'s’表示所属关系,称为双重所有格。只用于指人。
(1)表示部分观念:名词前有不定冠词(a/an)不定代词
(some,any,no,few...)指示代词(this that)或数词。
Eg.a friend of my brother's,some books of lihua's,that dog of Jane's,two
songs of Nie Er's
*a photo of Jane's, a photo of Jane
(2)表示感情色彩:名词前有指示代词
This great nation of ours, that pride of Mary's
其他介词结构代替名词所有格
Shaw's plays=pays by Shaw
America's influence=influence from America
The keys of the car=the keys to the car
Tomorrow's weather-forecast=the weather-forecast for tomorrow
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