When the nouns of a compound subject or object share the same thing, use just one apostrophe for the last noun of the compound group:
Jack and Jill's dog is a malamute. (the dog belongs to both Jack and Jill)
When the nouns of a compound subject or object differ in ownership, then both nouns are possessive:
Jack's and Jill's dogs both won prizes. (Jack and Jill each have a dog that won a prize)
To show joint possession in the possessive form, you would list all the owners followed by an apostrophe and the letter "s" at the end. For example, "The car of Amy and John" would become "Amy and John's car."
The plural possessive form of "Ross" is "The Rosses'".
No, the possessive form of "personnel" is "personnel's." The correct possessive form is "personnel's." For example, "The personnel's training session will be held tomorrow."
A possessive pronoun uses an apostrophe to show possession, such as "one's" or "someone's."
No, the possessive word its is a pronoun. The possessive pronouns and the possessive adjectives do not use an apostrophe to show possession. They are:possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, their, its.When an apostrophe is placed in the word, it's, that is the contraction for itis. For example:It is time for lunch.It's time for lunch.
You can show possession for two persons by using the possessive form for each person separately. For example, "John's and Sarah's books" would indicate that both John and Sarah own books.
The plural possessive form of the name Bent is Bents'
The plural possessive form of "Ross" is "The Rosses'".
The possessive form of the word men is men's. As in those are men's ties.
An apostrophe is used to show possession and contractions. The apostrophe is used to show the possessive form of a noun and is use also used to form contractions.
No, "our" is a possessive adjective used to show belonging or ownership. It modifies a noun to indicate that something belongs to a group of people.
The singular possessive is business's. The plural possessive is businesses'.
The plural form of the acronym ATM is ATMs.The plural possessive form is ATMs',The plural possessive form would be ATMs'. Since an "s" is added because of the plurality, the rule states that the apostrophe goes after the "s" to show possession.
Possessive nouns show ownership or possession of something by another noun. They do not directly indicate a relationship between nouns and adjectives. Adjectives describe or modify nouns, while possessive nouns indicate ownership of the noun being modified.
The possessive pronouns that use an apostrophe are "one's" and "somebody's."
<improved answer> The singular possessive form of monkey is monkey's. For a singular possession to be shown, you would formulate the sentence to show that the monkey has something (possession) or owns something (possession) by adding an apostrophe after monkey. Example: The monkey's hair was blonde.
The word 'of' doesn't have a possessive form; only nouns and pronouns have a possessive form.The word 'of' is a preposition which can show possession if used in that context:The teacher collected the homework of the class. (the class's homework)The friends of Jack kept the plans for a party a secret. (his friends)
A possessive noun form is used to show ownership, possession, purpose, or origin. The possessive of plural nouns ending in -s is shown by adding an apostrophe after the ending -s.The possessive form of the plural noun students is students'.Example: All of the students' lockers will be cleaned and painted over the summer. (the lockers of the students)