Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Which is possession.  "The property of Tim" is grammatically equivalent 
> to "Tim's property".  "A day's work", as shorthand for "a day's worth of 
> work", that is to say, is equivalent to "the worth of a day of work"; 
> the day possesses the *value* of the work done.

  When I was in school they told us that in English "'s" should only be
used with people, otherwise the "of" version should be used. For example,
you shouldn't say "the house's window" but "the window of the house".

  However, I see this "rule" being broken constantly everywhere, so I'm not
at all sure if it really applies, or if it does, when. I have to admit that
for example "a day's work" sounds ok, perhaps even better than "the work of
a day".

  OTOH, there are situations where it's clearly misused. For example,
I have seen "not as scary as you two's faces", which sounds really awkward.
I would say "not as scary as the faces of you two" would be much better.

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