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