By Possessives, English grammar

I agree with Yankee. Yet, it must be said that there is a tendency among today's grammarians to standardize the often entangled genitive of English. That may deprive English of some of its most fascinating ways to denote possession. This charming jumble wouldn't be there if a Language...

Hi Cogar, Use the possessive with the -ing, absolutely! (I'm afraid to say gerund or present participle anymore - discussed this yesterday with CJ - see Him doing and His doing in General English Grammar) But you'd say, "I am referring to the Friday afternoon meeting this...

(1) We only played one ... and it was four years ago. - You need to use the PAST SIMPLE here because you're talking about something which happened 4 years ago.(2) ...between his wife and the girls' coach... - you need the apostrophe after 'girls' because it's a possessive...

Grammar Geek wrote:Singing is a gerund, a noun, so it takes the possessive my. This is rather peculiar, I think. I have encountered the same thing on these forums many times. Native speakers say: "A gerund is a noun." Do they teach it that way in American schools and universities? Grammatical...

Hi, I wonder whether my writing is correct or not.There seem to be so many questions..The followings are questions about English grammar.please answer me.. 1 Which is correct or better ?(1) See you tomorrow, same time, same place. This is more common(2) See you tomorrow at the same time and the...

Hi ..I wonder whether my writing is correct or not.There seem to be so many questions..The followings are questions about English grammar.please answer me.. 1 Which is correct or better ?(1) See you tomorrow same time same place.(2) See you tomorrow at the same time and the same place. 2 Which...

Tanit wrote:To make the possessive form of a SINGULAR noun that ends in -s, some style guides say to add just an apostrophe ('); others say you should add an apostrophe and s ('s). Some say that either way is correct. I find older grammar books, for example "A Modern English Grammar" (Oxford...

Anonymous wrote: what's the rule in english grammar for forming the possessive of a singular noun that ends in s? When I was in high school, I was taught to add only an apostrophe and not an "s". Only later did I discover that both forms are possible. Read: " To make the possessive form of...

what's the rule in english grammar for forming the possessive of a singular noun that ends in s?

Hello! 'there' is an adverb: 'you can't stay there' (the opposite of here)'their' is a possessive adjective: 'he is their hero' (that means that he is the hero of them)'they're' is the contracted form for 'they are' (subject + verb to be)