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I think your point about the loss of case generally stands, but surely the genitive isn't lost?
by zhengyi13 4mo ago
I think your point about the loss of case generally stands, but surely the genitive isn't lost?
- mcswell 4mo agoTrue, although it used to be a suffix and now it's (just) a clitic. ("The king of England's crown" would have had the genitive marking on 'king' instead of 'England'.)