Quick question about possessive construction.

Messaggioda SirDanielFortesque » 31/08/2017, 14:42

Hi everyone, the question is:

With regard to the two sentences:

I) Professor's Layton puzzles are tough.
II) Professor Layton's puzzles are tough.

Which of them is the right one? Or are both of them right?
(Quite of course, I am not referring to the quality of Layton's puzzles, but to the position of the " 's " in the sentence).


Feel free to correct any mistakes in the message as well. Bye.
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Re: Quick question about possessive construction.

Messaggioda gio73 » 31/08/2017, 18:12

i think the second one...
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Re: Quick question about possessive construction.

Messaggioda MisterK » 31/08/2017, 21:48

The second. It's obvious, isn't it ?
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Re: Quick question about possessive construction.

Messaggioda SirDanielFortesque » 02/09/2017, 08:28

Thank you for the answers.
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Re: Quick question about possessive construction.

Messaggioda Weierstress » 06/09/2017, 13:44

Yes, it is definetely the second one. The first one seems to imply that Layton is an adjective referring to the puzzles.

All in all, not a puzzling question :P

Also, maybe it's just me, but the phrase quite of course sounds really weird...
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