| The Genitive case is almost exclusively used for adjectival
modification (specification of a noun). It is one of the few ways
that a noun can modify another noun. The genitive singular also appears
as the second element of a dictionary entry for a noun (e.g. rex, regis,
m.: regis is the genitive singular). Here are the uses of the
genitive case:
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Last Updated March 18, 2003 Questions, comments and corrections should be sent to Brian K. Harvey, Kent State University |
