What do singular plural and possessive mean?

Answer 1

Singular, plural, and possessive are forms of nouns and pronouns.

A singular noun is a word for one person, place, or thing.

A plural noun is a word for two of more people, places, or things.

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

A singular pronoun takes the place of a singular noun.

A plural pronoun takes the place of a plural noun or two or more nouns or pronouns.

A possessive noun is a noun indicating ownership, possession, origin or purpose. For example "the story of the witness" can be turned into "the witness's story". The possessive is shown by adding an 's to the end of a noun or just an ' after plural nouns already ending in -s. Examples:

• the car of my mother = my mother's car
• the teacher of our class = our class's teacher
• the coat of the child = the child's coat
• the coats of the children = the children's coats
• the covers of the books = the books' covers
• the desk of the boss = the boss's desk
• the meeting of the bosses = the bosses' meeting
• The ladies' room does not belong to ladies, it means that it is designated for the use of ladies.
• A store that sells men's suitsdoesn't sell suits that belong to some men, it sells suits for men.
• A book of Shakespeare's playsare not plays that belong to Mr. Shakespeare, they are plays written by him.

There are two types of pronouns that show possession:

Possessive pronouns are words that take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.
The possessive pronouns are: mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs.

Possessive adjectives are words that describe a noun as belonging to someone or something. Possessive adjectives are placed just before the noun they describe.
The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

Examples:
The Browns live on this street. That house is theirs. (possessive pronoun)
The Browns live on this street. That is their house. (possessive adjective)

Answer 2

Singular refers to one person or thing, plural refers to more than one person or thing, and possessive indicates ownership or association with someone or something.