{"id":411,"date":"2017-08-10T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supergrammar.info\/?p=411"},"modified":"2018-06-29T07:14:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T07:14:32","slug":"7-6-possession-apostrophe-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supergrammar.info\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Tom is Mark\u2019s brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nouns: possession<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Possessive \u2019s &#8211; with People<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can use <\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to show <\/span><b>possession<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We can use it to describe relationships between people &#8211; or people and objects.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony is Ann<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her) husband. (<\/span><\/i><i>NOT: <\/i><del><i>Tony is the husband of Ann<\/i><\/del><i>.)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ann is Tony<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his) wife.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ann is Mark<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his) mother.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony is Mark<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his) father.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Martin<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> camera.\u00a0(NOT: <del>This is the camera of Martin<\/del>.)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We spent the day at my sister<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> house.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are my boyfriend<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> socks.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Lewis<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> house is for sale.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the following examples, just use <\/span><b>one &#8216;\u2019s&#8217;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark is <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ann and Tony<\/span><\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their) son. (<\/span><\/i><i>NOT: <\/i><del><i>Mark is Ann\u2019s and Tony\u2019s son<\/i><\/del><i>.)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ann and Tony are <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah and Julia<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<strong>s<\/strong> parents. (<\/span><\/i><i><span>NOT: <\/span><\/i><del><i><span>Ann and Tony are Sarah\u2019s and Julia\u2019s parents<\/span><\/i><\/del><i><span>.)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the noun is <\/span><b>plural<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, write the apostrophe <\/span><b>after the \u2018s\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sister<\/span><b>s\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> names are Ann and Julia. (NOT: <del>Mark\u2019s sister\u2019s names are\u2026<\/del><del>\u2019)<\/del><\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(\u2018Mark\u2019 is singular but \u2018sisters\u2019 is plural.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parent<\/span><b>s\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> names are Ann and Tony.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the plural is <\/span><b>irregular<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, use <\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <b>normal<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ann is the children<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mother.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This shop only sells women<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> clothes.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Possessive \u2019s &#8211; with Animals<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the dog<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> food.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the cat<\/span><b>\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feet is black.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Using \u2018of\u2019 with Objects<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We usually use \u2018<\/span><b>of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 <\/span><b>with objects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The windows <\/span><b>of that house<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are dirty. (<\/span><\/i><i><span>NOT: <\/span><\/i><del><i><span>That house\u2019s windows are dirty<\/span><\/i><\/del><i><span>.)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the name <\/span><b>of this village<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? (<\/span><\/i><i><span>NOT:<\/span><\/i> <del><i><span>What is this village\u2019s name?)<\/span><\/i><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We didn\u2019t see the first part <\/span><b>of the movie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (<\/span><\/i><i><span>NOT: <\/span><\/i><i><span><del>We didn\u2019t see this movie\u2019s first part<\/del>.)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nouns: possession &nbsp; &nbsp; Possessive \u2019s &#8211; with People &nbsp; We can use \u2019s to show possession. We can use it to describe relationships between people &#8211; or people and objects. Tony is Ann\u2019s (=her) husband. (NOT: Tony is the husband of Ann.) Ann is Tony\u2019s (=his) wife. Ann is Mark\u2019s (=his) mother. 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