Warp wrote:

>   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.

FWIW, I agree.

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