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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Boy's

Hello Teachers,

1.This is the boy's school.

the teacher told me that it is not correct.It should be like :-

This is the boys' school.

Now I want to know that If we can say
2.It is a boy's hat.

Then why not (1)? Because it is a school and cannot belong to single boy.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

1. This is Johnny. He is a little boy.

  • 1.
  • This is Johnny.
  • He is a little boy.
  • He goes to this school.
  • This is the school he goes to.
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1. This is Johnny. He is a little boy. He goes to this school. This is the school he goes to. This is the boy's school. This is the hat he wears. This is the boy's hat. [When we say this, we would usually stress "school" and "hat".]

2. Only boys go to this school. Only girls go to that school. This is the boys' school. That is the girls' school. [When we say this, we would usu

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