Description of a person and/or a person´s description?
I know that "description of aperson" is correct but... Is "a person´s description" correct?
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Ambas frases son correctas, pero "a person's description" puede tener diferentes significados en diferentes contextos, mientras que "description of a person" no es ambigua.
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“Description of a person” is basically explaining their appearance, character etc.
“A person’s description” is when there are different descriptions of a particular person/thing/object and each description belongs to a person:
Mary’s description of the mountain was very poetic.
So the second one could be a bit ambiguous.
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Yes, you can say both "description of a person" and "a person's description." :)
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