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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - possessives]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Catalan, not everything has to be 'ours']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/461ee0d7-381a-4d6d-a552-8639a8714815_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Have you ever stopped to think why, before a performance begins, they ask us <em>"</em>Turn off your mobile phones<em>"</em>Do we really need to specify that the phones are ours? Is there any real possibility that, at that moment, someone will understand that they should turn off the phone of a stranger sitting three rows behind them? The formula is neither strange nor<em> '</em>'Incorrect,' of course. Now, does the possessive add any information that isn't already obvious?</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elga Cremades]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:17:31 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[We talk about the use (and abuse) of possessives when the context already makes it clear who owns the things.]]></subtitle>
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