Learning English: Possessives Possessives are words like: his, her, yours, theirs, ours and mine. They are words that show ownership. Therefore, when we say: It is his pen, the word “his” is the possessor of the pen, and the pen is the object that is being possessed, therefore “his” is called a possessive pronoun. Singular possession happens when one person or one thing possesses something, and we indicate that with an apostrophe before the letter S, like in the below given example. The cat’s bell, the car’s cover and the computer’s processor. However, plural possession is where confusion reigns for many. So how do we do it? Well, with plural possession we need to make the thing or person plural first by adding an ‘s’ and then add the apostrophe, like this: the cats’ bell, the cars’ cover and the computers’ processor. Alternatively, we also come across words that do not take an ‘S’ to become plural, words like: children: the plural of child, and women: the plural of woman. It goes without saying that children and women are already in the plural, therefore we we use the “apostrophe S” and show possession like this: The children’s park and the women’s gym. For more, email us for an appointment at shikshaconsulting@gmail
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:04:33 +0000
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