Compound nouns use the standard method of showing possession, to add an apostrophe 's' to the end of the noun or, if the word already ends with an 's', to add an apostrophe after the 's'. Examples:
No, backpack is a singular, common, concrete, compound noun.
The word teardrop is a compound noun, a word made up of two or more words to form a noun with a meaning of its own.A possessive noun is distinguished by an apostrophe to show that something belongs to that noun. The possessive form of the noun teardrop is teardrop's.Example use: The teardrop's affect on his mom was immediate.
The possessive noun in the phrase "the telephone of the children" is "children's." It indicates that the telephone belongs to the children.
The possessive form for the compound noun high school is high school's.
No, the compound noun civil liberties is the plural form for the singular noun civil liberty. The singular possessive form is civil liberty's; the plural possessive form is civil liberties'.
To change the noun child to another noun, you can use a synonym such as "youth," "adolescent," "offspring," or "descendant."
To make "daughter-in-law" possessive, you simply add an apostrophe and "s" at the end of the word: daughter-in-law's. For example, "My daughter-in-law's car is parked in the driveway."
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:•The snow boarder and the skateboarder's equipment was donated.When the nouns of a compound subject or object differ, then both nouns are possessive:•The coach is reviewing the snow boarder's and the skateboarder's training.
The compound noun Queen Isabella is a proper noun, the common noun queen is capitalized when referring to a specific queen.The possessive form is Queen Isabella's.
Example: stepmother's, lampshade's, butterflies'
The plural possessive is commanders in chief's.
To change a singular possessive noun to a plural possessive noun, first you must change the noun from a singular noun to a plural noun. The reason for this is that plural nouns can take different forms which will determine how the plural possessive is formed. Examples:A plural noun that ends with the letter s, just add an apostrophe after the ending s (s').singular noun, boy; plural noun, boys; plural possessive boys'An irregular plural noun that does not end with s, add anapostrophes ('s) to the end of the word.singular noun, child; plural noun, children; plural possessive children's