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Why is "museum of history" spelled "museum of history" and not "history's museum"?

 

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Publicado 11 jul. 2023 09:11 por 1900
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Hey Josean! Good question. We use the 's to express possession. So for example "el libro de John" is "John's book" because the book belongs to John.

But in your example there is no possession. If we said "history's museum" we would be implying that the museum belongs to history, which is not accurate. The museum is about history, but it does not belong to history. So in this case we cannot use the 's. We say "museum of history".

Publicado 13 jul. 2023 07:12 por 19700
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That is clear to me. Thank you very much. 

Publicado 13 jul. 2023 09:30 por 1900
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