Error in bible on page 51?

[Valerie0902]

In the example "this morning's meeting", it was stated that the word this explained the morning meeting. That's incorrect. In this instance, the word this means today. "This morning", meaning the morning of today, rather than yesterday morning or tomorrow morning. "This" has nothing to do with the meeting, but the day itself.

[Adam Tyson]

With respect, Valerie, I'm going to disagree with you on that point, as I believe that the LRB has it right here. We aren't just talking about this morning, as opposed to some other morning. We are talking about the meeting that happened this morning, as opposed to some other meeting. The possessive "morning's" modifies "meeting", so the morning is not the subject, but describes the subject, which is the meeting. "This" references the entire phrase "morning's meeting" and not just "morning."

It would be different if we said "This morning, our meeting went over the allotted time." Then the word "this" would clearly be referring to the morning and not the meeting. But "this morning's meeting" means the meeting that happened this morning.