Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Saxon Genitive. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Saxon Genitive. Mostrar todas las entradas

martes, 18 de enero de 2011

Possessive Case (Possessive Nouns or Saxon Genitive)

Bob Wilson, from AutoEnglish, offers a very clear explanation of how to use the possessive case in English.




This slideshow by teacher Henry Kleber offers more complex aspects of the Saxon Genetive:
- The importance of discriminating possessive ‘s with the contracted ‘s (is from the verb to be).
- The apostrophe in nouns ending in –s (two options are possible).
- Biblical names in -s do not take the possessive (the laws of Moses, the life of Jesus).
- The possessive in plural nouns.
- The possessive when it refers to each individual in a group or when it refers to the whole group of people.