If the book belongs to her then it is hers.

Example of possessive forms. Entry 1 of 2 1. Examples of physical belongings include relatives pets and items. Even if the meaning is plural or if there are several words Add s after the possessor.

For example in American English the possessive case can be used with an inanimate object - the books cover. If a pronoun appears before a participle use the objective case. If the book belongs to me then it is mine.

Mike and Amandas new loft apartment is really neat. Physical belongings are things you can interact with using the five senses sight touch taste smell and hearing. In this example cooking is used as a noun and is the direct object of have tasted.

We have watched them. In this sense ownership and belongings can be either physical or abstract. Belonging to or ownership is one of the relationships it expresses.

Of relating to or constituting a word a word group or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous to ownership. In A5 the possessor is the subject of the verbal noun arrival following it. The examples below illustrate this usage of the possessive case.

Of course we do not own our relatives for example although I might be a parent and. No suggestion deals with the possessive of singular nouns ending with an s eg Charles Jesus and New Orleans theyre not treated alike nor is there any mention of many speakers and writers chronic failure to use a possessive for gerunds eg my swimming every day is essential to my physical well-being rather than me swimming every day is essential to my physical well-being. El lapicero de las chicas Example.