Parts of speech: Difference between revisions

→‎noun: possessive nouns
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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 ==