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Question		Answer
personal pronouns the genitive case start learning		my, your, her
possessive pronouns the genitive case start learning		mine, yours, hers
singular nouns and plural nouns NOT ending in -s the genitive case start learning		student's, George's, fox's, children's, mice's, governments's
singular nouns ending in -s the genitive case start learning		boss's, Ross's, James's
plural forms ending in -s start learning		add just the apostrophe, students', foxes'
classical names ending in -s the genitive case start learning		Pythagoras' or Pythagoras's, Sophocles's or Sophocles's both possible
other names ending in -s the genitive case start learning		Yeats' or Yeats's, Dickens' or Dickens's both possible
complex NPs - the whole phrase the genitive case start learning		[Henry the Eight]'s, [Queen of England]'s
the car's engine the genitive case start learning		the engine of the car
God's love the genitive case start learning		love of God
a book of Tom's, a firend of mine the genitive case start learning		one of many books
Great Britain has a parliament the genitive case start learning		Great Britain's Parliament
The road has its side the genitive case start learning		the road's side/ the side of the road
the holiday lasts three weeks the genitive case start learning		three weeks holiday
the newspaper has pages the genitive case start learning		newspaper's pages/ pages of the newspaper
the cleaning lasted one day the genitive case start learning		one day's cleaning
the hill has it's top the genitive case start learning		the top of the hill
the work lasted two month the genitive case start learning		two month's work
the absence lasted twenty days the genitive case start learning		twenty days absence
the tiger is hungry the genitive case start learning		tiger's hunger
the table has a surface start learning		table's surface/ the surface of the table
One of my pupils the genitive case - form with double genetive start learning		a pupil of mine
one of your children the genitive case - form with double genetive start learning		a child of yours
one of your books the genitive case - form with double genetive start learning		a book of yours
one of your suggestions the genitive case - form with double genetive start learning		a suggestion of yours

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