Possessive Nouns

Follow these rules to create possessive nouns.

With singular nouns, add an apostrophe (') and s.

girl: girl's manuscript
student: student's ideas

With plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe (') after the s.

girls: girls' manuscript
students: students' ideas
boys: boys' school

With plural nouns not ending in s, add an apostrophe and s.

women: women's books
mice: mice's tails

With compound nouns, add an apostrophe and s to the last word.

sister-in-law: my sister-in-law's daughter

Sections in this article

Degrees of Comparison
Comparison using positive adjectives and adverbs
Comparison using comparative adjectives and adverbs
Comparison using superlative adjectives and adverbs
The difference between comparative and superlative
Degree modifiers with comparatives and superlatives
Making comparisons
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
Pronouns after as and than

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