COM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Possessive, Auxiliary Verb, Personal Pronoun
25 Oct 2016
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Think of -"s as meaning the possessive form of whatever noun the -"s is attached to. S" : this means both plural and possessive: in older frms of english, the apostrophe had only a single use: to indicate missing letters, -"s means only possessive, not singular possessive, possessive forms of irregular nouns. Aunt sarah and uncle bill"s house: if the compound does not imply joint ownership, then both nouns use -"s. John"s and ruth"s offices are on opposite sides of the building: the of test: you can paraphrase many possessive nouns by using the word of. An additional benefit of the of test is that the paraphrase helps the user decide whether the possessive noun is singular or plural. Of paraphrase: a) the decision of the judge, or b) the decision of the judges. At this point, you, the writer, have to decide whether you are talking about one judge or multiple judges.
