What Is A Possessive Noun & Its Examples

WHAT IS A POSSESSIVE NOUN – Here is the definition of possessive noun as well as its examples and the rules in using it.

There are many types of nouns. In fact, “noun” is one of the widest topics under the English subject. Below, you will know what is a possessive noun and what are the examples under this type of noun.

Possessive Nouns Examples and How To Use Them In A Sentence

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.