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[Sidenote: _How the possessive is formed._]


62. As said before (Sec. 56), there are only two case forms. One is

the simple form of a word, expressing the relations of nominative and

objective; the other is formed by adding _'s_ to the simple form,

making the possessive singular. To form the possessive plural, only

the apostrophe is added if the plural nominative ends in _-s_; the

_'s_ is added if the plural nominative does not end in _-s_.



Case Inflection
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[Sidenote: _Declension or inflection of nouns._]


63. The full declension of nouns is as follows:--


SINGULAR. PLURAL.


1. _Nom. and Obj._ lady ladies

_Poss._ lady's ladies'


2. _Nom. and Obj._ child children

_Poss._ child's children's


A suggestion:-


NOTE.--The difficulty that some students have in writing the

possessive plural would be lessened if they would remember there are

two steps to be taken:--


(1) Form the nominative plural according to Secs 39-53


(2) Follow the rule given in Sec. 62.




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