Is or has/genetive

Is or has/genetive
Message from moezbesbes posted on 24-04-2017 at 14:44:19 (D | E | F)
Hi,
Please help me with this sentence.
Thanks for any reply.
"John's approval rating a record low."
's is a short form of is or has or a genitive, so where is the verb in this sentence?

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Edited by lucile83 on 25-04-2017 06:31

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Re: Is or has/genetive from gerondif, posted on 24-04-2017 at 15:36:56 (D | E)
Hello
I think the verb is missing.
John's approval rating is (reaching) a record low.

Rating being used as a noun, the meaning seems to be :
The level of approval that John is getting these days is at its lowest.

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Re: Is or has/genetive from soei, posted on 25-04-2017 at 01:56:24 (D | E)
Hello
John's approval (that ) is rating the record low.
I think it has been the first sentence. We can omit that and be together. And ('s) is genitive form.
Many thanks

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Re: Is or has/genetive from soei, posted on 25-04-2017 at 02:23:28 (D | E)
Hello
Since (rate) is not used in continuous tenses .
Best regards

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Re: Is or has/genetive from zilazila, posted on 27-04-2017 at 07:48:46 (D | E)
Hello
I agree with gerondif.
John's approval rating is a record low. The verb is "is".

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Re: Is or has/genetive from willy, posted on 27-04-2017 at 11:57:52 (D | E)
Hello,
You can say:
- John's approval rating hits, falls to, crashes to record low.
- John's approval rating, a record low.

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Re: Is or has/genetive from soleimany, posted on 29-04-2017 at 10:57:33 (D | E)
hello
the verb is missing .we can add a verb like reach.
John's approval rating reached a record law. low
s is a genitive form.
yours truly..

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Edited by lucile83 on 30-04-2017 16:43

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Re: Is or has/genetive from violet91, posted on 30-04-2017 at 12:24:53 (D | E)
Hello ,
I also completely agree with gerondif 's teaching . . A verb is necessary ( to reach , go, come , swoop : you can change your way of saying ..) and ' Be + -ing ' = continuous present totally accurate as you are stating a result which can still evolve in one way or the other .
Attention , please ! John's ( genitive not to forget ) and low ( not law which is a big vocabulary mistake ) .
Bye .

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