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Galinaqt Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Possesive noun
Can I say James's cat and Massachusets's governor? Please explain.
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To form the possessive of a singular noun- James, in this case -where you can hear the s and a new syllable is formed in the pronunciation of the possessive (in other words it would sound like Jameses), add an apostrophe plus s . Therefore, it would be James's cat. However, if the possessive of a singular noun; for example, Illinois, where the s is silent--in other words, you don't pronounce the last s in Illinois--add an apostrophe plus s .
- To form the possessive of a singular noun- James, in this case -where you can hear the s and a new syllable is formed in the pronunciation of the possessive (in other words it would sound like Jameses), add an apostrophe plus s .
- Therefore, it would be James's cat.
- However, if the possessive of a singular noun; for example, Illinois, where the s is silent--in other words, you don't pronounce the last s in Illinois--add an apostrophe plus s .
- Therefore, the possessive form of Illinois is Illinois'.
- As for Massachusetts.
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To form the possessive of a singular noun-James, in this case-where you can hear the s and a new syllable is formed in the pronunciation of the possessive (in other words it would sound like Jameses), add an apostrophe plus s. Therefore, it would be James's cat.
However, if the possessive of a singular noun; for example, Illinois, where the s is silent--in
However, if the possessive of a singular noun; for example, Illinois, where the s is silent--in
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Hi,
I'm a Canadian, so I ve never had to use the word Massachusetts in that way, but my inclination would be to write it as eg Massachusetts's governor, and pronounce it as Massachusettses. To me, it doesn't seem hard to pronounce that way.
I'm a Canadian, so I ve never had to use the word Massachusetts in that way, but my inclination would be to write it as eg Massachusetts's governor, and pronounce it as Massachusettses. To me, it doesn't seem hard to pronounce that way.
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