Possessive Nouns By Dr. Shadia

By: Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

http://www.kau.edu.sa/SBANJER http://wwwdrshadiabanjar.blogspot.com Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

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Possessive nouns are

used to show possession(owning, or having).

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The girl's book is on the table. The word “girl's" is the possessive noun. It tells you that the noun “book“ belongs to the girl. The girl owns, or possesses the book. Add 's to the end of a singular noun to make it possessive. Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

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If a singular noun ends in –s, there are two possible forms:

Add an apostrophe and –s. Add only an apostrophe.

The bus' engine stopped. The bus's engine stopped.


Note: Most sources recommend

the shorter version. Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

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sisters + '
If the plural noun ends with an -s,

add only the apostrophe (').

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children + 's
Add an apostrophe (') + an -s

to the end of a plural noun that does not end with an s.

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Singular Noun the girl Tom my wife a lady Thomas

Possessive Form the girl’s Tom’s my wife’s a lady’s Thomas’s/ Thomas’

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Plural Noun the girls their wives the ladies the men my children

Possessive Form the girls’ their wives’ the ladies’ the men’s my children’s

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