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Ladder walk Posted 9 years ago
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Hi! Is the word "children's" an adjective? Or it's a pronoun? Thanks in advance for your answers!
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Let's use the word in a sentence. The children's toys are in the toy box. Children is a noun.
- Let's use the word in a sentence.
- The children's toys are in the toy box.
- Children is a noun.
- It is the irregular plural form of child .
- The addition of apostrophe -s makes children's a possessive noun.
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Let's use the word in a sentence.
The children's toys are in the toy box.
Children is a noun. It is the irregular plural form of child. The addition of apostrophe -s makes children's a possessive noun.
Possessive nouns are called determiners. Like adjectives, determiners modify a noun. The relationship is ownership. In that sentence, "ch
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