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Pardee plamba Posted 8 years ago
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why we put 's in this sentence with naming Nancy word such as Nancy's kite flew away into the sky.

  

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Why do we put 's in sentences with names, such as 'Nancy's kite flew away into the sky'? The use of 's is about ownership, or possession. In some languages, such as Russian, different cases exist to show a noun in a different form to express a different state.

  • Why do we put 's in sentences with names, such as 'Nancy's kite flew away into the sky'?
  • The use of 's is about ownership, or possession.
  • In some languages, such as Russian, different cases exist to show a noun in a different form to express a different state.
  • In English, we don't use such things.
  • The use of 's is an easy-to-pronounce way of showing that the name / noun is in possession of the thing which follows.
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Why do we put 's in sentences with names, such as 'Nancy's kite flew away into the sky'?

The use of 's is about ownership, or possession. In some languages, such as Russian, different cases exist to show a noun in a different form to express a different state. In English, we don't use such things.

The use of 's is an easy-to-pronounce way of showing that the name / noun

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pardee plambaWhy do we put 's in this sentence with naming after "Nancy"? word such as
pardee plambaNancy's kite flew away into the sky.

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