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We use possessive 's to say that something or someone belongs to a person, is connected to a place, or to show the relationship between people. The possessive 's always comes after a noun. When something belongs to more than one person and we give a list of names, we put 's on the last name.
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10 lip 2020 · If a word ends in -s, -ch, or -z, how do you make it plural? Let’s take a look at some of the various approaches for this possessive.
For singular nouns that end in -s, the possessive is formed by adding -'s, just as with other nouns. This is pronounced as if the spelling were es: The boss's car [boss's sounds like bosses] There is a partial exception for proper names that end in s.
When do we use bosses or boss's? Boys or boy's... and when to use boys'? Learn how to form possessives in English when the word ends in S.
16 maj 2023 · The possessive case of plural nouns that end in s is formed by adding an apostrophe: This is the boys’ bedroom. My parents’ house is a lovely old one. The scissors’ handles just snapped off. The Jeffersons’ yard is always beautifully landscaped. The possessive case of irregular plural nouns that don’t end in s is formed by adding -’s.
Possessives are forms that we use to talk about possessions and relationships between things and people. They take different forms depending on how they are used.
