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Originally Posted by Inziladun
If that was the case, why wouldn't it say 'an old man, leaning on his staff', to show others had them, but were not relying on them for supprt?
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Without the possessive, of course, he could theoretically have been leaning on somebody else's staff which he had borrowed for the occasion... 
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Bêthberry and Pitch, I'll outdo you in pedantry yet!
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Keep trying! 
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Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI
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