I don't really understand today's class. What does mean (s) here in this sentence ? (Today's )is it has or is ?Thank you all

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I don't really understand today's class. What does mean (s) here in this sentence ?

(Today's )is it has or is ?

Thank you all

Feb 25, 2019 7:09 AM

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Nouns of time are the exception to the possessive rule.

1 Today's class. = the class of today.

2. Tomorrow's world = A television program/programme = the world of tomorrow

3. A week's trip =A trip of two days.

4. A Day's trip = A trip of one day.

5 A month's holiday = an holiday of one month

etc do not replace the word "of" with the word "for" in you mind.

The thing that comes after the 's is that which owns the 's although it is not a literal/actual owning/possessing something/somebody

It is the same as "the cattle of John's" "the land of noah's" "the battle of Waterloo" "The statue of Liberty" etc.

It originates from our ancient language.

February 25, 2019

's at the end of a word usually refers to possession. It is the class of today, as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow. That sentence basically means you don't understand the class that was taught today. Now that I think of it, this must seem really weird to someone learning English because today doesn't really own the class, but "today's class, today's lesson, today's game, etc" is a pretty common combination of two words in English.

February 25, 2019