Now look at other examples:
再看下面这组例子:
Bad Style | Good Style |
German law’s perspective | the perspective of German law |
the contract’s termination | the termination of the contract |
the claim’s rejection | the rejection of the claim |
the contract’s annex | the annex to / of the contract |
the judgement’s date | the date of the judgement |
the plans’ realisation | the realisation of the plans |
There are no people involved in any of these examples, so it is better to use of instead of ’s.
这些例子里,都没有涉及到任何人,所以在这里较为恰当的用法还是使用of来代替’s。
I should add, however, that this is a general rule, and there are exceptions to it. But if you follow this rule, it should – most of the time – make your writing easier to read.
我要特别指出的是,这是一条通用法则,当然还有特殊情况。不过,如果你学会了这条法则的话,大多数时候,你的英语写作会更容易阅读。