Rule 1: In general, you form a possessive singular noun (both proper and common) by adding an apostrophe and the letterSto the end of the word. theflower’spetals Riley’scar That’s simple enough. It’s when the car belongs to a person named Chris, or we’re talking about the petal...
such as"This is Rob's bike."Possessives are parts of grammar that show ownership.Also,the children were prompted to use the"-er"suffix (后缀)of a noun to demonstrate a person's job,such as someone who drives is a"driver".Again,the children were given a nonsense word,this time"zib"...
Some authorities, as we have seen tell writers to always make a possessive of a word ending in an S by just adding an apostrophe as in "Mr. Jones' house." However, it appears that more and more authorities are saying to add an apostrophe-S, especially if the S is pronounced as an ...