incident of yesterday vs yesterday's incident

Both "incident of yesterday" and "yesterday's incident" are correct, but "yesterday's incident" is more commonly used in English. They both refer to an incident that occurred on the previous day.

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incident of yesterday

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase refers to an incident that happened on the previous day. It is grammatically correct but not as commonly used as the alternative.

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... have foreseen the source of such terrible danger to a whole city in the caged beasts around him, as the trivial incident of yesterday afternoon developed.
Nov 17, 2011 ... ... the source of such terrible danger to a whole city in the caged beasts around him, as the trivial incident of yesterday afternoon developed.
to account for the incident of yesterday." "I acknowledge," returned Spilett, "that the wound given this creature is, at least, very strange, and I cannot explain either ...
Aug 20, 2011 ... ... the nature of their relationship and what actually led to the sequence of events that led up to the tragic incident of yesterday afternoon.''.

Alternatives:

yesterday's incident
incident that happened yesterday
incident from yesterday
yesterday's occurrence
event from yesterday

yesterday's incident

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase refers to an incident that occurred on the previous day. It is a common and natural way to express this idea.

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Jan 13, 2015 ... Those were the main questions mayor Muriel Bowser faced at a press conference addressing yesterday's incident. But Bowser, along with a ...
President Ghani Orders Probe into Yesterday's Incident in front of a Mosque in Kabul. Publish Date: Mar 20, 2015 Category: General. President Ashraf Ghani ...
Apr 22, 2015 ... Leader of the opposition, Zoran Zaev has commented yesterday's incident where an armed group took over the border police post in Goshinca ...
Apr 16, 2015 ... ... ‏@josephine_witt Apr 16 · #ecb #confettigate -interview about yesterday's incident at #draghi's press conference with spanish news #ElPAIS ...

Alternatives:

incident that happened yesterday
incident from yesterday
yesterday's occurrence
event from yesterday
incident on the previous day

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incident of yesterday vs yesterday's incident