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==== Consecutive noun as modifier (appositive) ==== | ==== Consecutive noun as modifier (appositive) ==== | ||
{{Noun as modifier}} | {{Noun as modifier}} | ||
=== Possessive nouns === | |||
* nouns may possess (or own) one another | |||
** ex. "Jake's house" | |||
** possession is indicated by the "apostrophe" | |||
*** other languages express it as "the house of Jake" | |||
*** English indicates the "genitive" case, which in Latin marks possession\ | |||
** singular v. plural possession | |||
* to indicate possession: | |||
** singular nouns add '''<nowiki/>'s''' (apostrophe + s) << "the horse's saddle" | |||
** plural nouns add '''s'''' (s + apostrophe) << "the horses' field" | |||
** if a singular noun already ends with an '''s''', possession is indicated by adding either an apostrophe + s ('''<nowiki/>'s''') or just the apostrophe ('''<nowiki/>'''') | |||
*** ex. "Jesus's sermon" | |||
*** or "Jesus' sermon" | |||
**** either form is correct | |||
* possessions v. contractions ending in '''-s''' | |||
** pronoun contraction using apostrophes + s | |||
*** it's = the contraction for "it is" | |||
*** he's or she's = contractions for "he is" and "she is" | |||
**** the possession forms are "his" and "hers" | |||
*** "who's" = "who is" | |||
**** the possessive form = "whose" | |||
*** other contractions such as ''that's, when's, how's'', etc. express possession with the verb "have," as in "that has", "when has" or "how has" | |||
** other pronoun contractions don't use | |||
== preposition == | == preposition == | ||