sábado, 9 de abril de 2016

The apostrophe

The apostrophe has three uses, but we are going to focus only in one:

To form possesive nouns.

To see if you need to make a possessive, turn the phrase around and make it an "of the..." phrase. For example:
           the boy's hat = the hat of the boy
      
Once you've determined whether you need to make a possessive, follow these rules to create one.
  • add 's to the singular form of the word (even if it ends in -s):
    the owner's car
    James's hat (James' hat is also acceptable. For plural, proper nouns that are possessive, use an apostrophe after the 's': "The Eggleses' presentation was good." The Eggleses are a husband and wife consultant team.)
  • add 's to the plural forms that do not end in -s:
    the children's game 
  • add ' to the end of plural nouns that end in -s:
    two cats' toys
  • add 's to the end of compound words:
    my brother-in-law's money
  • add 's to the last noun to show joint possession of an object:
    Todd and Anne's apartment

     I chose this topic because we were confused in class.
Ps. Teacher both were okay, James's and James'.


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1 comentario:

  1. It feels so good to be right!! I knew it, I wasn't lying when I said that the double S was acceptable when the noun ended with S as well. This information is excellent! you should, by the way, take this information into a video blogg,it'll be nicer and more enterteining. Give it a try someday! Nonetheless great idea of this entry ! It's pretty useful! :) Grade: A

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