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by FINALCOUNTDOWN » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:42 am
Kindly tell which is correct:

1. ---Have consistently recieved the labor's support.
2....have consistently recieved the support of labor.
3----have recieved consistently the support of labor.
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by bmlaud » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:11 am
I go with 2

consistently - adv. modifying received - verb, support-noun - object of the verb received.
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by maihuna » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:32 am
yep 2 is fine, remember possessives are better for certain things only...so one says the poet's but dont prefer labor's chair's
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by awesomeusername » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:08 am
Can someone explain to me why (1) is wrong?
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
-Lucretius
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by krisraam » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:24 pm
awesomeusername wrote:Can someone explain to me why (1) is wrong?
Have consistently(adverb) received(verb) the support( the direct object) of labor(adjective)

Support is the direct object not the labor's support

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raama
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