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ENGLISH GRAMMAR

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

POSSESSIVE

NOUN

' S

Shows

belongings

CONDITION EXAMPLE

 Possessives can show a family  Michele Obama is the President’s wife.
relationship.

 Names ending in the letter “s” are a little  The party is at Charles’s house.
different. You can either just add the  James’ wedding is next week.
apostrophe or you can add an
apostrophe and “s”. Adding the
apostrophe and “s” is more common.
 Possessives can also refer to restaurants,  Let’s go to Pasquale’s for lunch.
stores, colleges, and churches.  Is St. John’s a Catholic church?
 Harvard’s attendance was down last year.
 To make hyphenated nouns possessive  My father-in-law’s hamburger recipe is
add an apostrophe + “s.” the best
 When two nouns are joined but the  Mary’s and Michael’s coats are red and
ownership is separate each noun shows black.
possession with an apostrophe + “s.”
 If two nouns are joined and the  Carol and John’s new car is the latest
possession is the same, the last noun model.
get’s the apostrophe + “s”