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**** the possessive form = "whose" | **** 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 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 | ** other pronoun contractions don't use | ||
=== Plurality, count distinctions & generality === | |||
* singular v. plural nouns | |||
** generally marked by the suffix "s" for plural | |||
* "count distinctions" and determiners | |||
** plural nouns that can be counted v. plural nouns that cannot be counted but that represent quantities larger than one | |||
*** plural nouns that can be counted use the determiner "many" | |||
**** as in "many people" << the number of people can be counted | |||
*** plural nouns that can NOT be counted use the determiner "much" | |||
**** as in "much water" << one cannot count "water", although "much" indicates a large amount of water | |||
== preposition == | == preposition == | ||