The standard method of showing possession is 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:
The woman's coat
The children's pool
My brothers' names
George Washington's wife
California's coastline
The teachers' conference
Possessive nouns show a relationship between the possessive noun and the noun that it shows possession for. An adjective may or may not be involved. John's book is on the desk. (The possessive form John's shows its relationship to the book, there are no adjectives in the sentence.)
Possessive nouns describe something in the sentence as belonging to that noun.Possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.The pronouns that are possessive adjectives are more similar to possessive nouns in that they describe a noun as belonging to someone or something.Both possessive nouns and possessive adjectives are placed just before the noun that they describe.EXAMPLESpossessive noun: The Brown's house is on the corner.possessive adjective: Their house is on the corner.possessive pronoun: The house on the corner is theirs.possessive nouns: Jane's mother is also John's aunt.possessive adjectives: Her mother is also his aunt.possessive pronoun: Jane's mother is also mine. Jane is my sister.
Possessive nouns and possessive pronouns functions as adjectives which are used to describe a noun.
A possessive noun is a noun, just a certain type. Possessive nouns show possession. In the sentence: The child kicked Katie's Ball, Katie's would be the possessive noun since it shows that the ball belongs to Katie
I want to say a possessive noun is treated as an adjective. "The beer is Joe's" or "The beer is COLD". It seems to function as an adjective. However, I believe that a possessive noun technically remains a noun in the genitive case. "The beer is (of Joe)".
Possessive nouns show a relationship between the possessive noun and the noun that it shows possession for. An adjective may or may not be involved. John's book is on the desk. (The possessive form John's shows its relationship to the book, there are no adjectives in the sentence.)
The possessive form of the noun teacher is teacher's.
Possessive nouns describe something in the sentence as belonging to that noun.Possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.The pronouns that are possessive adjectives are more similar to possessive nouns in that they describe a noun as belonging to someone or something.Both possessive nouns and possessive adjectives are placed just before the noun that they describe.EXAMPLESpossessive noun: The Brown's house is on the corner.possessive adjective: Their house is on the corner.possessive pronoun: The house on the corner is theirs.possessive nouns: Jane's mother is also John's aunt.possessive adjectives: Her mother is also his aunt.possessive pronoun: Jane's mother is also mine. Jane is my sister.
Possessive nouns and possessive pronouns functions as adjectives which are used to describe a noun.
For plural nouns that end in s, the possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe (') after the ending s.Examples:plural noun, animalsplural possessive, animals' enclosureplural noun, barrelsplural possessive, barrels' contentsplural noun, cherriesplural possessive, cherries' pits
Example sentence: A possessive noun is a noun indicating ownership, possession, purpose, or origin.
The nouns are:George's, a proper possessive noun (proper nouns are always capitalized).medicine, a common noun.
There are no possessive nouns in the sentence.
A possessive noun is a noun, just a certain type. Possessive nouns show possession. In the sentence: The child kicked Katie's Ball, Katie's would be the possessive noun since it shows that the ball belongs to Katie
I want to say a possessive noun is treated as an adjective. "The beer is Joe's" or "The beer is COLD". It seems to function as an adjective. However, I believe that a possessive noun technically remains a noun in the genitive case. "The beer is (of Joe)".
The possessive noun is students'. A possessive noun is indicated by placing an apostrophe s ('s) at the end of the noun; or just an apostrophe (') at the end of a plural noun that ends in s.There are no proper nouns in the example sentence."The students' stories and poems are fun to read."
It's just a noun in the possessive case, although it may be used as a determiner. It may be useful to note that nouns in the possessive case usually play the role of adjectives- that is, they modify other nouns.