Mother-in-law (hyphenated compound noun)9. Countable nouns Countable nouns, also known as count nouns, are people, objects, places, things, and ideas that can be counted using numbers. These nouns have plural forms. Some examples of countable nouns are:...
"Compounds ending in-in-lawallow the plural either on the first element or (informally) on the last element: sister-in-law/sisters-in-laworsister-in-laws" (Sidney Greenbaum, "Oxford English Grammar". Oxford University Press, 1996) Compounds in the Dictionary "Evidently, the definition of wha...
If the possessive noun is a hyphenated compound, we would apply the possessive form to the last word of the compound: sister-in-law’s car. In many cases, if the possessive noun is an object, a building, or another inanimate item, we do not need to mark the possession. Examples Let’...
But they should have equal rights and protection under the law (domestic violence used to be par for the course), equal ability to earn a living (we were forbidden by law from holding certain jobs), to vote (we were not allowed to vote), and to own property. Most often movements (lik...
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A few years ago, my sister addressed an envelope to my dad and step-mom as “Mr. and Mrs. John Clise”. That is the proper way to address an envelope to a married couple. However, my step-mother was not pleased with being called “Mrs. John Clise”. She stated she has her own ...
father's last name, the mother's last name, a hyphenated version of both, or any other last name that the couple wishes. The only time there would be an issue is if the parents can't come to an agreement on the child's last name in which case the decision would be made in court...
but I did buy two P-II 400 Mhz many years ago, one which received a 3ware card recently and two 400GB drives and acts as my home file server and the other which I gave away to my sister who uses it to surf the net. These systems are about nine or ten years old and they still...