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Semantics and syntax of the to possessive in English
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2008
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The to possessive may be defined as that phrasal possessive construction using to which interchanges with either an inflected possessive or an of possessive or both, and with a sentence using a form of the verb have. For example:
(1) father to the bride (to possessive, henceforth to-Poss)
(2) bride's father (inflected possessive, henceforth gen-Poss)
(3) father of the bride (of possessive, henceforth of-Poss)
(4) the bride has this father.
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