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One of them, if you will pardon me reminding you, is that no discussion is to pass between us.—E. F. Benson.
Frederick had already accepted the crown, lest James should object to him doing so.—Times.
...notwithstanding the fact that their suspicions of ease-loving, ear-tickling parsons prevent them supporting the commercial churches of our time.—Daily Telegraph.
b. Examples in which the possessive of nouns might be written without a qualm.
Nearly a week passed over without Mr. Fairford hearing a word directly from his son.—Scott.
Mrs. Downe Wright had not forgiven the indignity oi her son having been refused by Mary.—S. Ferrier.
In no other religion is there a thought of man being saved by grace and not by merit.—Daily Telegraph.
And it is said that, on a visitor once asking to see his library, Descartes led him...—Huxley.
It is true that one of our objects was to prevent[1] children 'sipping' the liquor they were sent for.—Times.
Orders were sometimes issued to prohibit[1] soldiers buying and eating cucumbers.—Times.
Renewed efforts at a settlement in 1891 failed through the Swedish Government leading off with a flippant and offensive suggestion.—Nansen.
Hurried reading results in the learner forgetting half of what he reads, or in his forming vague conceptions.—Sweet.
c. All the last set involved what were either actual or virtual names of persons; there is more difficulty with abstract nouns, compound subjects, and words of which the possessive is ugly. Those that may perhaps bear the possessive mark will be put first, and alterations suggested for the others.
We look forward to much attention being given.—Times.
He affirmed that such increases were the rule in that city on the change being made.—Times.
I live in hopes of this discussion resulting in some modification in our form of belief.—Daily Telegraph. (that this discussion may result)