Here are some examples of possessive nouns and its definition.
POSSESSIVE NOUNS – Here are rules for showing ownership by using these possessive nouns and some examples for further understanding.
The word that refers to a person, place, thing, or idea is called a noun and it has different types: common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, collective nouns, concrete nouns, and so on.
And one specific type we will be learning in this post is the possessive noun and its examples.
A possessive noun refers to the words that indicate ownership where the key characteristic is the apostrophe before the “s”.
These are the grammar rules for this:
- add apostrophe + “s” to the end of a noun if singular
- add an apostrophe to the end of a plural noun if plural
- add an apostrophe + “s” to the end of a noun if hyphenated or compound
- add an apostrophe + “s” to the end of the last noun in a group
- add an apostrophe + “s” to each of the separate nouns to show separate ownership
Check out some examples below for further understanding:
| Singular | Plural | Plural Not ending in “S” | Indefinite | Hyphenated or Compound (Singular) | Hyphenated or Compound (Plural) | Nouns Joined Together |
| Suzy’s phone | cats’ fur | women’s rights | another’s | mother-in-law’s house | Bus stops’ repair | Hansel and Gretel’s story |
| Anne’s pencil | dogs’ dinners | children’s toys | anybody’s | T-shirt’s color | five-year-olds’ toys | Salt and pepper’s cost |
| Lawyer’s fee | females’ pads | mice’s traps | each other’s | Full moon’s brightness | ex-wives’ alimony | Jupiter and Saturn’s photos |
| Tree’s bark | horses’ hooves | knives’ blades | each one’s | Mid-May’s heat | South Africa’s organization | Charlie and Shay’s house |
| Michael’s bag | chickens’ wings | people’s rights | no one’s | brother-in-law’s car | dragon flies’ wings | Lauren and Megan’s parents |
| Father’s shirt | companies’ employees | geese’s eggs | nobody’s | Philippine Postal Service’s stamps | golf balls’ holes | coffee and tea’s total amount |
| your mother’s dish | countries’ armies | octopi’s tentacles | someone’s | attorney general’s offices | editors-in-chief’s legacies | babies and children’s section |
Meanwhile, for names like Jesus, Moses, Achilles, Charles, or other names that end in “Z” sound, one can either just add an apostrophe or apostrophe + s.
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