1. This is my wife's father's opinion.

1. This is my wife's father's opinion.

+Correction+.--This is the opinion _of my wife's father_, or _held by my wife's father_.

2. This is my wife's father's farm. 3. France's and England's interest differs widely. 4. Frederick the Great was the son of the daughter of George I. of England. 5. My brother's wife's sister's drawings have been much admired. 6. The drawings of the sister of the wife of my brother have been much admired.

_Of_ is not always equivalent to the (_'s_),

+Explanation+.--_The president's reception_ means the reception given by the president, but _the reception of the president_ means the reception given to the president.

+Direction+.--_Construct sentences illustrating the meaning of the following expressions_:--

A mother's love, the love of a mother; a father's care, the care of a father; my friend's picture, a picture of my friend.

+Caution+.--Often ambiguity may be prevented by changing the assumed subject of a participle from a nominative or an objective to a possessive.

+Direction+.--_Correct these errors_:--