Uses of genitive nouns
As central determiner, genitive nouns can’t collocate with other central determiners, nor can they be preceded by a premodifier.
e) Descriptive genitive, eg:
I first met her on a summer’s day. This workshop makes men’s shoes.
Meanings of genitive nouns
f) Genitive of time, distance, measure, value, etc, eg;
Lecture 5
Genitive Noun
Formation of genitive nouns
a) The genitive is formed in writing by adding -’s to singular nouns and to those plural nouns that do not end in -s, eg:
two hours’ delay 300 kilometres’ distance five dollars’ worth of stamps 50 kilometres’ weight.
Uses of genitive nouns
Genitive nouns are mostly used as central determiners and therefore perform the same function as “possessive determiners” (traditionally called “possessive pronouns”), eg:
