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...  The building's walls were well built. (The building belong to the building). Tip: If you’re not sure if an apostrophe of possession is needed, see if you can rearrange the phrase to include an ‘of’. For example, Madrid’s winding streets can be rearranged as ‘the winding streets ‘of’ Madrid, while ...
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English clause syntax

This article describes the syntax of clauses in the English language, that is, the ways of combining and ordering constituents such as verbs and noun phrases to form a clause.
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