How to form the possesive case by adding apostrophes
by
Paula T.
(Age: 15)
copyright 10-24-2004
Age Rating: 4 to 127
Now, you all had trouble with this one atleast a couple of times.
How to show possesion by adding 's to the noun.
This is always by a word which describes what is being possessed.
Note - Always make sure about the word before the apostrophe.
Ex.: the baby's rattle. the horse's hooves.
one dog's tail.
Okay, forget it. It's too confusing this way. Let me teach you the way that I do it. ( Sorry, Mrs. Alter, but your way's way too complicated)
You put 's next to something when it belongs to one thing. like : baby's rattle. You put the 's after baby because there is only one. But, if you had two babies, it would be a whole different thing. You'd have : babies' rattles.
But, if you had a word like children or mice, which are irregular plurals, you'd say children's books.
Not childrens' books. See, my way is much, much, easier.
And, a test : mice's cheese or mices' cheese?
A trick question, but you can handle it!
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Ahhh the possessive case... Doesn't that bring fond back third grade memories of studying flash-cards? Even though, alas, the grammar checker on my Microsoft Works still highlights me on these. Very imperative topic, and I'm sure Mehrina would be cheering you on for submitting all of these. I've been making less mistakes since my grammar-freak friend has been around. :) Good work! Even though I don't do grammar lessons on PnP, I do Japanese lessons. ;)
That was not only informative, but very comical. Was it mice's cheese? In the first line- put space between at and least,
-hands her a peanut butter cup-
I think it would be mice's cheese.
Also, you should mention adding the possessive to a person's name when it ends in 's'.
Example:Chris- the possessive would be Chris' with the apostrophy added to the end and without the extra s added. Although, when that word is said vocally, an extra 's' sound is added.
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