Grammar - Possessive Nouns
GRAMMAR
Using Possessive Nouns
Possessive Noun:
While we read the following sentences, we will notice that a Noun in the possessive case frequently functions as an Adjective modifying another Noun:
1_In the following sentence, the possessive noun "Miner's" is used to modify the Noun "face" and together with the article "the" they make up the Noun phrase that in the sentence's subject.
_The Miner's face was covered in coal dust.
2_In this following sentence, each possessive Noun modifies a gerund. The possessive Noun " ducks " modifies " quacking ", and " dogs" modifies " barking ", and " babies " modifies "squalling ".
_The concert was interrupted by the dog's barking, the duck's quacking, and the babies' squalling.
3_In this following example the possessive Noun " platypus's " Modifies the Noun " eggs " and the Noun phrase " the platypus's eggs " is the direct object of the squirrel's nest.
_The film crew accidentally crushed the platypus's eggs.
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