Grammar Check

Possessive or Plural -s?

Look at this sentence:

My father's car has 2 doors.

One -s is plural while the other is possessive. Plural means not one--many. Possessive means that something in the sentence belongs to that person (or thing).

In effect, the -s in doors means that there is more than one car. The -'s in father's means that something belongs to the father--in this case the car belongs to the father.

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Preparation for Grammar/Mechanics Quiz

Search online for the following and study (you can also use the Grammar Program on the computer). Use ESL in your search. Make sure you try out some quizzes or exercises. We will have a quiz on these next week.

1. Capitalization Rules
2. Word Order
3. Subject-Verb Agreement
4. Count and Noncount Nouns
5. Adjectives
6. Adjectives and Nouns