Grammar - Possessive Nouns

GRAMMAR

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.

 In the Possessive situation, a Noun or Pronoun changes its form to show that it owns or is closely related to something too, commonly, Nouns become possessive by adding the letter "s", or a combination of an apostrophe and the letter "s".

   We can form the possessive situation of a singular Noun that does not end in "s" by adding an apostrophe and "s" as in the next sentences:

1. _The red suitcase is Anna's.
2. _The only case that was lost the prime ministers.

  We are to form the possessive situation of a singular Noun that ends in "s" by adding an apostrophe and "s", or adding an apostrophe alone, as in the next examples:

1. _The train's seats are very comfortable.
2. _The train's seats are very comfortable.
3. _Lord Byron's poetry was once more popular than Felicia Hemans's.
4. _Lord Byron's poetry was once more popular than Felicia Hemans's.

  We can form the possessive situation of a plural Noun that does not end in "s" by adding an apostrophe and a "s" as in the next examples:

1. _The kid's mittens were scattered on the floor of the porch.
2. _The goat's pen was mucked our every day.
3. _The man followed the moose's trail all day but lost it in the sunset.

  We can form the possessive situation of a plural Noun that does not in "s" by adding an apostrophe:

1. _The concert was interrupted by dog's barking, the duck's quacking, and the baby's squalling.
2. _The Julie's room is downstairs and to the left.
3. _My father spent many hours trying to locate the squirrel's nest.

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