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days’ 
leave. 
(Aldington)
They both quite took to him again and during his 
month’s
leave gave him a good 
time. 
(Aldington)
There is a remnant still of the last 
year’s
golden clusters... 
(Eliot)
The three of us had had dinner, and walked down past the theatre to the 
river’s
edge. 
(Snow)
B. The Absolute Genitive.
1. The Absolute Genitive may be used anaphorically. 
Mrs. Moss’s face bore a faded resemblance to her 
brother’s.
(Eliot)
The face Michael drew began by being 
Victorine’s
and ended by being 
Fleur’s
.
(Galsworthy)
2. The Absolute Genitive may have local meaning: 
the stationer’s, the baker’s, the 
tobacconist’s, my uncle’s, 
etc. 
On her way home she usually bought a slice of honey-cake at the 
baker’s
. 
(Mansfield)
“My dear,” said the lace collar she secured from 
Partridge’s
,“I fit you 
beautifully.” 
(Dreiser)
The Absolute Genitive may be introduced by the preposition 
of.
She is a relation 
of the Colonel’s
. 
(Austen)
 
HANDOUT 1. Decide which sentences are inappropriate in the contexts given. 
HANDOUT 2. Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence. 

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a) Jim promised that 
he would never/never would he 
tell anyone else. 
b) Not until it was too late / 
remembered/did I remember 
to call Susan. 
c) Hardly had we settled down in our seats 
than/when 
the lights went out. 
d) Only after checking three times / 
was/was I 
certain of the answer. 
e) At no time 
I was aware/was I aware 
of anything out of the ordinary. 
f) Only Catherine and Sally 
passed/did they pass 
the final examination. 
g) Only when 
Pete has arrived/has Pete arrived 
can we begin the programme, 
h) No sooner had it stopped raining 
than/when 
the sun came out.