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Possession

POSSESSIVE / GENITIVE CASE

I) ONE OWNER:

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  'S        
Tom 's  train
[owner]  's  [thing]

Other examples:

     'S                             Tom  's  dog

   'S                          Tom  's  sister

II) SEVERAL OWNERS:
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and  'S                      Tom and Sarah 's  cousin           (1   's)


Tom & Sarah : 1 cousin (the same)

BUT:

   'S and'S                   Tom 's and Sarah 's  copybooks    (2  's )

Tom has a copybook and Sarah has a copybook.

III)  Plural:
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             --1) Ending in  '-s'

                 their grandparents '  house

              --2)  : irregular plural

the     ' S    the children's seesaw

(Same rule with:  Charles's seesaw. This is not a plural. It is pronounced [iz])



IV)  No object
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--1st use:  To avoid a repetition...

a) This isn't your coat, this is Tom 's         ('coat') 

b)  Sarah's bike and Tom's          
                         

--2nd use:  shop    house    church    cathedral  

a)  I often go to the baker's (the baker' s shop )

     to  the butcher's        to the florist's  

b) Mary went to Peter's    ( Peter's house)       

Mary went to Mrs. Smith's.                              

Mary went to the Smiths'.

c)                                 

St Paul's Cathedral                       St Paul's in 1896

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