Posessive case and attributes
Is it possible to put "Cruise ships seaworthiness" instead of "ships' seaworthiness) and "ship hull" instead of "ship's hull" ??? Or "animals life" instead of "animals' lives" ???
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Use the singular noun when it modifies another noun. Hyphenate when several words ending in a noun modify another noun. cruise-ship seaworthiness ship hull animal life Note, however, that "animal life" is an abstraction that refers to all living animals on earth.
- Use the singular noun when it modifies another noun.
- Hyphenate when several words ending in a noun modify another noun.
- cruise-ship seaworthiness ship hull animal life Note, however, that "animal life" is an abstraction that refers to all living animals on earth.
- , of specific kinds of animals.
- There is not much animal life in the Sahara desert compared with the jungles of the Amazon.
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Use the singular noun when it modifies another noun.
Hyphenate when several words ending in a noun modify another noun.
cruise-ship seaworthiness
ship hull
animal life
Note, however, that "animal life" is an abstraction that refers to all living animals on earth. "animals' lives" refers to the life-cycles, habits, behaviors, etc., of speci
0Besides, one of the organizations in Massachusetts is called "HALT", that stands for "Help Animals lives today". (not animals' lives).
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