What Is Possessive Form?

What Is Possessive Form?

A possessive or ktetic form is a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense. This can include strict ownership, or a number of other types of relation to a greater or lesser degree analogous to it.

What is possessive form example?

We form possessives from singular nouns by adding an apostrophe ( ' ) and an "s" to the end of the word. Examples: dog = I built the dog's house. man = She fixed the man's phone.

How do you write possessive form?

In most cases, a possessive noun is formed by adding an apostrophe +s to the noun, or if the noun is plural and already ends in s, only an apostrophe needs to be added. In the following sentence, boy's is a possessive noun modifying pencil: The boy's pencil snapped in half.

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