1.多数情况下,A's B结构中,A相当于主语,B相当于动词或宾语
eg: my father's car (=my father has a car) 2.A也可相当于动词的宾语,B相当于动词
eg: the prisoner's release (=sb. rleased the prison)
3.在一些其第一个词指一点或一段时间的表达方式中,'s所有格很常用
eg: yesterday's paper
an hour's delay 4.'s所有格结构在第一个名词是有生命的词语里最常见,在其他的情况下,我们常用of结构
eg: my father's name
the name of the street
I think so. "There was" is wordy.
"would be" is inconsistent with "are convinced" in tense and unnecessary of using subjunctive. "Can " is better than "be able to" in here.