The story
So named because the possessive was one of the only productive relics of the Anglo-Saxon declensional system.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A genitive construction in English formed with the possessive clitic -'s. Full definition →
So named because the possessive was one of the only productive relics of the Anglo-Saxon declensional system.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.