Possessive Nouns

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Possessive Nouns

Possessive nouns show ownership.

Singular possessive nouns are shown by adding

an ( ’ ) apostrophe and an s.

The dog’s kennel is dirty.

Here we are talking about one dog.

Plural possessive nouns are shown by adding an ’ to the noun if the

noun ends in s

The lions’ trainer could not be found.

Here we are talking about more than one lion.

If the plural possessive noun does not end with an s we

add an ’s as we did when dealing with singular possessives.

The women’s bathroom was empty.