English Grammar

Possessive Nouns

What is ‘possessive’?

• The word ‘possessive’ comes from the word ‘possess’.

• To possess something is to own something.

• So, a noun that is possessive shows that it owns something else.

×The boy s The boys s’ ’

But this looks funny!

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The child s The children s’ ’

This looks okay

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×The lady s The ladies s’ ’

This looks funny too!

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×Mr Jones s’

Also looks funny!

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What about names that end with What about names that end with ss??

All in a day’s work.

There are other ways to use it too!There are other ways to use it too!Consider the following statement:Consider the following statement:

Does the day own the work?!

I know now… We can use possessive nouns to relate something to a time frame.