Possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.
The plural possessive pronouns are ours, yours, and theirs.
Examples:
Ours is the house on the corner.
Children are invited to our party, you and Jim can bring yours.
This one is nice but the Browns have a blue one. I like theirs.
Case refers the declension of nouns, pronouns and adjectives, etc. English does not use declensions as other languages do. Russian uses six cases, German four. In German for example, the nominative case of "the man" is "der Mann" and is used as the subject of a sentence - The man is here (Der Mann ist hier). The genitive case of "the man" is "des Mannes" (of the man) and is used to denote possession - I have the man's book (Ich habe das Buch des Mannes) The dative case of "the man" is "dem Manne' (to the man) and is used to denote the indirect object - I give the book to the man (Ich gebe dem Manne das Buch). The accusative case of "the man" is "den Mann" and is used to denote the direct object - I see the man (Ich sehe den Mann). In English, the nomative case "the man" is used for the subject. The possessive case "the man's" is used to denote possession and the objective case "the man" is used to denote the object. Singular possessive pronouns are: my, your, his/her. The plural possessive pronouns are: our, your and their.
There are two types of pronouns that show possession:
Examples:
John lost his math book, this book must be his. (possessive pronoun)
John lost his math book, this must be his book. (possessive adjective)
Another type of pronoun in the possessive case is whose.
The pronoun 'whose' is an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun.
Examples:
Whose book is this? (interrogative pronoun)
The book belongs to John whose book was lost. (relative pronoun)
Nouns that are made plural by changing the spelling instead of adding an 's' or 'es' are called irregular plurals.
The possessive form of an irregular plural noun is an irregular plural possessive noun.
Possessive irregular plural nouns that end with an s are formed by adding an apostrophe after the existing s (s').
Forming possessive irregular plural possessive nouns that do not end with s is the same as for regular plurals, add the apostrophe s ('s).
Some examples of irregular plural possessives are:
singular / plural possessive
man / men's
child / children's
person / people's
mouse / mice's
goose / geese's
ox / oxen's
tooth / teeth's
alumnus / alumni's
calf / calves'
leaf / leaves'
life / lives'
medium / media's
A plural possessive refers to something belonging to a group. In this case, the apostrophes is placed after the s at the end of the word.
Cities is the plural of city.
Shorts'
The word 'children' is an irregular plural noun for the singular 'child'. There are also irregular possessive nouns such as Texas's flag or Claus's car. Both are forms of irregular nouns.
You'll use it alone when the noun is plural "cats'" except for irregular plural nouns "women's."
The singular possessive form is heart's; the plural possessive form is hearts'.
The irregular plural possessive for foot is feet's.
The possessive form for the irregular plural noun libraries is libraries'.
An irregular plural possessive noun is the possessive form of an irregular plural noun.A regular plural noun is a noun that forms the plural by adding an 's' or an 'es' to the end of the word.An irregular plural noun is a noun that form the plural in some other way.Examples of irregular plural nouns (and the irregular plural possessive form):baby, babies (the babies' nursery)child, children (the children'splayground)medium, media (the media's reports)mouse, mice (the mice's nest)woman, women (the women's department)
The irregular plural of 'child' is 'children', the plural possessive form is children's.
Cities is the plural of city.
Shorts'
The irregular plural form of the noun goose is geese.The plural possessive form is geese's.example: It's relaxing to sit by the geese's pond on my lunch break.
The possessive form for the irregular plural noun puppies is puppies'.example: This is the first litter for the puppies' mother.
The plural form for the noun mouse is mice. The plural possessive form is mice's.example: The mice's noise is irritating.
The noun "branch" is a regular plural noun, a noun that forms its plural by adding "s" or "es". The plural form of branch is "branches".The plural possessive form is branches', a regular plural possessive.
A regular or irregular possessive noun is based on a regular or irregular plural noun.A regular plural noun is a noun that forms the plural by adding an -s or -es to the end of the word.An irregular plural is a noun that forms the plural in some other way.Some examples of irregular plurals are child/children, deer/deer, medium, media, etc.A regular possessive is a plural noun the ends in -s (or -es) that adds only an apostrophe (') to the ending -s.Some examples of regular possessive nouns are apples/apples', babies/babies', chairs/chairs', etc.An irregular possessive is a plural noun that does not end with -s that adds an apostrophe -s ('s), the same as a singular noun.Some examples of irregular possessive nouns are children/children's, deer/deer's, media/media's, etc.
The irregular plural for the noun sheep is sheep.Examples:Mary had a little lamb that grew up to be a sheep.When Mary grew up, she kept a flock of thirty sheep.