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Modern English forms the saxon genitive as follows: Pronouns do not combine with "'s" to form possesives; there are a range of Possessive Pronoun s used instead. In Old English nouns Declined according to Grammatical Gender . The modern saxon genitive is derived from the strong masculine genitive case of Old English. The plural forms are a relatively modern innovation, and are not derived from Old English. The term "saxon genitive" is in analogy to the genitive in classical Latin . |
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