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    Possessive: Teacher: Sonny ACY7

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    This document discusses rules for using possessive 's in English sentences. It explains that: 1) We use '-s' to indicate possession for people (e.g. "my sister's house"). 2) '-s' can be used without indicating actual possession (e.g. "my mother's umbrella"). 3) For singular nouns, we just add an 's (e.g. "my friend's house"). For plural nouns without an 's', we add 's (e.g. "the men's arrest"). 4) We use "of" to indicate possession for things, places, etc (e.g. "the balcony of that

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    This document discusses rules for using possessive 's in English sentences. It explains that: 1) We use '-s' to indicate possession for people (e.g. "my sister's house"). 2) '-s' can be used without indicating actual possession (e.g. "my mother's umbrella"). 3) For singular nouns, we just add an 's (e.g. "my friend's house"). For plural nouns without an 's', we add 's (e.g. "the men's arrest"). 4) We use "of" to indicate possession for things, places, etc (e.g. "the balcony of that

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    This document discusses rules for using possessive 's in English sentences. It explains that: 1) We use '-s' to indicate possession for people (e.g. "my sister's house"). 2) '-s' can be used without indicating actual possession (e.g. "my mother's umbrella"). 3) For singular nouns, we just add an 's (e.g. "my friend's house"). For plural nouns without an 's', we add 's (e.g. "the men's arrest"). 4) We use "of" to indicate possession for things, places, etc (e.g. "the balcony of that

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    Possessive ‘s

    • Teacher: Sonny ACY7

    • Murphy, Raymond (2002). Basic Grammar in use with answers. Cambridge University Press. China
    1. We normally use -’s for people
    • I stayed at my sister’s house (not the house of my sister)

    • Paul is a man’s name. Paula is a woman’s name.

    • Are you going to Jame’s party.


    2. You can use -’s without a possession
    • Whose umbrella is this? It’s my mother’s (=my mother’s
    umbrella)

    • Adele’s music is better than Lady Gaga’s (= Lady Gaga’s


    music).
    3. For words in singular, we just add ’s
    • I went to my friend's house and had
    a bit of tea. = one friend (= his/her
    one)

    • I went to my Friends' house and had


    a bit of tea.= two or more friends (=
    their house)
    3a. For plurals without an -s, we add ‘s

    The trial started 13 months after the men's arrest.

    People's perceptions of those one days are so different


    4. We use of… for things, places, etc.

    • Look at the balcony of that old house.

    • What is the name of this town?

    • Madrid is the capital of Spain.

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