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Meanings of
possessive case
in English
Portuguese
caso genitivo
Catalan
genitiu
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The case that marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun.
possessive
genitive
genitive case
second case
Portuguese
caso genitivo
Usage of
possessive case
in English
1
The following are the rules for the forming of the
possessive
case
:
2
Irish is not alone among languages in possessing a
possessive
case
.
3
Suppose, therefore, we stop at the
possessive
case
,
and call him simply Fessenden's?
4
The
possessive
case
on end's, suggests perhaps a skid on the part of the signwriter?
5
It also denotes the
possessive
case
;
as, John's hat.
6
The apostrophe is primarily the sign of the
possessive
case
,
but it has several other uses.
7
The apostrophe marks the
possessive
case
of nouns.
8
NOTE.-Thepreposition sometimes takes the
possessive
case
(see Sec.
9
Again, the old
possessive
case
-
"
The
king
,
his crown," conforms to the like order of thought.
10
How is the
possessive
case
formed?-Lesson122.
11
A peculiarity, of uncertain significance, is the termination, sh, or esh, employed in connection with the
possessive
case
.
12
Also to denote the
possessive
case
;
as, Brown's house; the king's command; Moses' staff; for conscience' sake; the boys' garden.
13
Of the 101 titles thus selected, 41 use the
possessive
case
and 60 the objective with the preposition.
14
The
Possessive
Case
should be used:
15
-
Possessive
case
considered.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
possessive
case
possessive
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
possessive case
Portuguese
caso genitivo
caso possessivo
genitivo
Catalan
genitiu
Possessive case
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common