Possessive

  • 91their — possessive determiner 1》 belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified. 2》 belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified sex (used in place of either ‘his’ or ‘his or her’). 3》 (Their)… …

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  • 92theirs — possessive pronoun used to refer to something belonging to or associated with two or more people or things previously mentioned. Origin ME: from their + s3. Usage There is no need for an apostrophe: the spelling is theirs not their s …

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  • 93yours — possessive pronoun used to refer to something belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing …

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  • 94possessively — possessive ► ADJECTIVE 1) demanding someone s total attention and love. 2) unwilling to share one s possessions. 3) Grammar expressing possession. DERIVATIVES possessively adverb possessiveness noun …

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  • 95possessiveness — possessive ► ADJECTIVE 1) demanding someone s total attention and love. 2) unwilling to share one s possessions. 3) Grammar expressing possession. DERIVATIVES possessively adverb possessiveness noun …

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  • 96Apostrophe — redirects here. For other uses, see (disambiguation). Apostrophes redirects here. For the music book, see Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music. For other uses, see Apostrophe (disambiguation). ’ Apostrophe …

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  • 97Colognian declension — Colognian grammar Articles Adjectives Prepositions Nouns Pronouns Declension Verbs Tense Aspect Mood Modal particle Conjugation Adverbial phrases Sentence structure The Colognian declension system describes how the Colognian language alters words …

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  • 98HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …

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  • 99Genitive case — In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case (also called the second case ) is the case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships… …

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  • 100Wikipedia:Manual of Style — This guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia s Manual of Style. Use common sense in applying it; it will have occasional exceptions. Please ensure that any edits to this page reflect consensus. Shortcuts …

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