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- noun Plural form of
possessive .
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Examples
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Is it really a problem, then, if we lose a distinction between singular and plural in possessives?
Things that keep me up at night (Part I) « Motivated Grammar 2008
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Is it really a problem, then, if we lose a distinction between singular and plural in possessives?
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Since its earliest days, English has shifted a lot in how it treats plurals and possessives, and indeed verbs.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Since its earliest days, English has shifted a lot in how it treats plurals and possessives, and indeed verbs.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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You've rehearsed the scene a thousand times, the fiery stand-off, the possessives hissed through tightened jaws.
That Night Sally Houtman 2012
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Heck all other possessives possess that apostrophe.
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PfM, Turkish uses genitives and possessives together, eg of-him sisters-thereof, to avoid such ambiguities.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Am on a German keyboard and cannot find an apostrophe which makes for interesting circumlocutions (especially with possessives).
Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2008
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Since he can't tell Sunni and Shia apart, it's no surprise he has problems with plurals and possessives, too.
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Russell instantly picked "My girl, [Shambles]," (again with the possessives) probably on the basis of whom would he most like to be rid of for two days.
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