So there is not an inherent trade-off between government and freedom. Much of what government does is not coercive at all, and expansion of government programs is not going to lead us down a slippery slope to totalitarian rule. But all of this is not to deny that some government activities do curtail our freedom.
factitive. adj. 1. (Grammar) grammar denoting a verb taking a direct object as well as a noun in apposition, as for example elect in they elected John president, where John is the direct object and president is the complement.
1. Subjective Genitive-The genitive substantive functions semantically as the subject of the verbal idea implicit in the head noun. To substantiate this thought, try to turn it into a sentence with the noun in the genitive as the subject.. Genitive of Direct Object-after certain verbs-Many verbs, such as those of the five physical senses and of emotion, etc., require that their direct object be in the genitive case (as opposed to the accusative case which is normally expected).