Categorie: Tutti - plural - objects - irregular - singular

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Possessives

The use of possessives in English grammar is essential for indicating ownership and relationships. When asking about ownership, "whose" is employed for both singular and plural forms.

Possessives

Possessives

WHOSE?

for answering

They're Maria's cellphones

It's Maria's cellphone

Whose cellphone is this?

for asking who an object belongs to
PLURAL

Whose are these cellphones?

Whose cellphones are these?

SINGULAR

whose is this cellphone?

whose cellphone is this?

PLURALS

Irregular Plurals
person-->people
woman --> women
man--> men
child--> children
Regular Plurals
parent--> parents

e.g. means for example

baby--> babies
box--> boxes
pencil --> pencils

we use S'

Regular plural nouns

e.g. my parents' house

e.g my parents's house

e.g. the house of my parents

we use 'S

Irregular plural nouns

e.g the children's house

e.g. the childrens' house

e.g. the children' house

e.g. the house of the children

objects possessions

e.g. James's house

e.g The house of James

for familly relatives
CORRECT

e.g George Clooney's Father

INCORRECT

e.g. The father of George Clooney