Timeline for What prevents certain grammatical forms to be analysed as one word?
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| Feb 24, 2018 at 17:19 | comment | added | user6726 | I think the -s in question is the possesive -s, e.g. "The attorneys general's houses are lavish". | |
| Feb 24, 2018 at 15:41 | comment | added | Dietrich Epp | @GregLee: Except for the exceptions, like "attorney general". | |
| Feb 24, 2018 at 13:59 | comment | added | curiousdannii♦ | @Greg that would traditionally have been called a clitic. I think this answer is right that it's very theory dependent, and I think maybe there isn't much of a useful distinction to be had. | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 23:36 | comment | added | Greg Lee | Maybe "a/an" is a prefix that attaches to the beginning of a NP, as "'s" attaches to the end of a NP.. | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 19:03 | vote | accept | AJF | ||
| Feb 23, 2018 at 18:50 | history | answered | user6726 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |