Possessive Case

Definition: Possessive Case

1. The case expressing ownership.

Specialty Definition: Possessive Case

Domain	Definition
Tips from 1870	Usage: Possessive Case. Some time ago a shoe merchant called upon the writer to know how to arrange the points in the wording of a new sign that he was preparing to place over his door. He made a specialty of shoes for men and boys. He presented a paper containing the lines: Men's and Boy's Shoes. Mens' and Boys' Shoes. He was politely informed that both were incorrect; that the two words form their plurals differently, and that the possessive case is, therefore, formed in a different manner. The plural of man is men,; the plural of boy is boys. The possessive of man is man's; of men is men's. The possessive of boy is boy's; of boys is boys'. In the latter case we are obliged to place the apostrophe after the s in order to distinguish the possessive plural from the possessive singular. All nouns that form their plurals by adding s to the singular, form their possessive case as the word boy does. The sign should therefore read: Men's and Boys' Shoes. Source: Slips of Speech.
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English words defined with "possessive case": Her ♦ Possessival ♦ Their, Thine, Thy ♦ Whose ♦ Your. (references)

Specialty definitions using "possessive case": Omit the possessive ♦ Possessive Case. (references)

Modern Translation: Possessive Case

Language		Translations for "possessive case"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		genitivus, birtokos eset (genitive, possessive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		所有� � . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょゆうかく. (various references)

Pig Latin		ossessivepay asecay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Possessive Case

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-o-p-s-s-s-s-s-v"
	-3 letters: possessives.
	-4 letters: possessive.
	-5 letters: possesses, seapieces.
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