Possessive Noun Extra

Possessive noun
The car of Lucy… ( Lucy’s car
possession owner
(Owner + ‘s) + poss + sentence (apostrophe = ‘)
Charlie’s dad …+ sentenceCharlie’s dad is very fat.
Charlie’s dad works in Canada.
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Singular owner +’s
Plural_s owner + ‘
The girl’s doll… (s-s)
The girl’s dolls (s-p)The girls’ doll… (p-s)
The girls’ dolls (p-p)
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Singular_s ( +’s / ‘
The bus’s driver… -s’s /zs-s/
The bus’ driver… (more common)
[pic]Parts of something
Jack’s eyes are green. (parts of the body)
The tires of my car are old. (My car’s tires are old.
* in the case of things, manypeople don’t like to use the possessive noun and prefer to use preposition “of”.
My car’s tires are old. = The tires of my car are old.[pic]
It can bethe subject
The neighbors’ cat ate my bird.
(the sentence speaks about the cat, NOT the neighbors)

We can find it as a complement
We found Jane’snotebook in the park.

[pic] They are outside Pedro’s house.
[pic] We should cut Juan’s beard.
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Nancy and Joe’s house is nice. (one house,two owners)
Nancy’s and Joe’s houses are nice. (several owners, several poss)
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Country, state, city… +’s …
Mexico’s people love tacos. (peoplein Mexico)
The people of Mexico love Tacos.
(People from Mexico but not there in this moment)

I have 2 brothers. They are married. I don’t like mybrother’s wives. They are in my mom’s house.

German’s family is crazy.

Lupita’s car is for going to parties.

Dante’s house is far away.