The present course paper deals with the study of the category of case of English nouns which presents a certain interest both for the theoretical investigation and for the practical language use

(Braine)
He stayed at Fanny's flat. (Aldington)
2. Very close to the meaning of possession is that of a part to a
whole:
A faint smile had come on Victorine's face — she was adding up the money she might earn. (Galsworthy) His sister's eyes fixed on him with certainastonishmentobliged him at last to look at Fleur. (Galsworthy)
3. The Dependent Genitive may express the doer of an action (the
so-called subjective genitive) or show that some person is the object of
the action (the so-called objective genitive):
It was Tom's step, then, that Maggie heard on the steps. (Eliot) Gwendolen'sreception in the neighbourhood fulfilled her uncle's expectations. (Eliot)
4. The noun in the genitive case may denote qualitative relations:
He looked ever so much smarter in his new officer's clothes with the little blue chevron... (Aldington)
The use of the genitive case of nouns denoting inanimate things and abstract notions is rather limited.
The genitive case of nouns denoting inanimate things may denote the relations between a part and the whole.
... the sudden shaking of an aspen's leaves in the puffs of breeze that rose along the river... (Galsworthy)
He stepped on the truck's running board hanging on with his left arm. (Heym)
The genitive case of nouns expressing time, space and weight is widely used.
From the depot he was sent to the officers' training camp with
twodays' leave. (Aldington)
They both quite took to him again and during his month's leave
gave him a good time. (Aldington)
There is a remnant still of the last year's golden clusters...(Eliot)
The three of us had had dinner, and walked down past the theatre
to the river's edge. (Snow)
B. The Absolute Genitive.
1. The Absolute Genitive may be used anaphorically
Mrs. Moss's face bore a faded resemblance to her brother's.(Eliot)
The face Michael drew began by being Victorine'sand ended
by being Fleur's. (Galsworthy)
2. The Absolute Genitive may have local meaning: the stationer's,
the baker's, the tobacconist's, my uncle's, etc.
"My dear," said the lace collar she secured from Partridge's, "I fit you beautifully." (Dreiser)
The Absolute Genitive may be introduced by the preposition of. She is a relation of the Colonel's. (Austen)