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2012.<http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-possessive.htm>.
"Possessive Nouns (singular and Plural)." Spelling.
"Possessives." Nouns. English Club, n.d. Web. 11 Sept.
Kent, n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2012. <http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/spelling/lesson5.html>.
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Possessive Nouns
The Basics
- Possessives are used to show belonging
- Words usually become possessive when an 's is added
more than one cat
one cat
one girl
the girl's cat
the girl's cats
more than one girl
the girls' cats
the girls' cat
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- Names are usually used with the 's
- Grace's grapes
- Shruti's toucan
- Charles's bunny
- Sometimes with classical names, only an apostrophe is needed to show possession
- Who was Jesus' mother?
Proper Names
singular plural
5+7=
my children's toy
my child's toy
Irregular Plurals
the men's book
the man's book
the mice's food
the mouse's food
- For nouns with plural forms that do not end in "s", use 's to show possession
people's clothes
a person's
clothes
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