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Meanings of possessive form in English
Word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense.
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Examples for "possessive"
Examples for "possessive"
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I'm over it, I said, suddenly possessive of my newfound free time.
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I have work yet, and she is oddly possessive of my attention.
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The following are the rules for the forming of the possessive case:
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Change the following expressions from the prepositional phrase form to the possessive:
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She told herself she had imagined the possessive tone of his words.
Usage of possessive form in English
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Nouns have two case forms, the simple form, common to the nominative and the objective case, and the possessive form.
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Maybe the possessive form of address: "Mon general," "mon capitaine," helps the idea, which our men cloke in other and curter phrases.
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You would also have to accommodate the plural or possessive forms of the word.
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The present of all the active verbs uses this predicative form, while their aorists and futures employ possessive forms.