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functions than
merely forming possessives),
while in
languages like English, such
words are
usually called possessives rather than genitives. A given...
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irregular possessives that do not use an apostrophe, such as its, and most of them have
different forms for
possessive determiners and
possessive pronouns...
- used when the noun ends in a
consonant Independent possessives are
formed by
attaching the
possessive suffixes to /wi-/ (if the
object possessed is masculine)...
- somebody's. For more
details of the
formation and use of
possessives in English, see
English possessive. For more
details about the use of
determiners generally...
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grammatical possessives Possessive case, a
grammatical case used in
possessive constructions in some
languages Possessive determiner (or
possessive adjective)...
- Poor's
already include possessive apostrophes. For
similar cases involving geographical names, see below. Similarly, the
possessives of all
phrases whose...
-
language has
different ways of
expressing the
possessive relation.
There are
several "verbal
possessive"
forms based on
verbs with the
sense of "to possess"...
-
English grammar, a
pronoun has a
possessive antecedent if its
antecedent (the noun that it
refers to)
appears in the
possessive case; for example, in the following...
- The
Portuguese personal pronouns and
possessives display a
higher degree of
inflection than
other parts of speech.
Personal pronouns have
distinct forms...
- "Crazy
Possessive", also
known as "Crazy
Possessive (I'll Muck You Up)" or "Crazy
Possessive (I'll **** You Up)", is the
first single off Kaci Battaglia's...