Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed;Brainerd Kellogg
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partner's house; George's father's friend's farm; the mane of the horse
of my brother; my brother's horse's mane. When there are several possessive nouns, all belonging to one word, the possessive sign is added to the last only. If they modify different words, the sign is added to each. CORRECT THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS, and expand each into a simple sentence. +Model+.--_Webster and Worcester's dictionary may be bought at Ticknor's and Field's book-store_. The possessive sign should be added to _Webster_, for the word _dictionary_ is understood immediately after. Webster and Worcester do not together possess the same dictionary. The sign should not be added to _Ticknor_, for the two men, Tieknor and Field, possess the same store. Adam's and Eve's garden; Jacob's and Esau's father; Shakespeare and Milton's works; Maud, Kate, and Clara's gloves; Maud's, Kate's, and Clara's teacher was ----. When one possessive noun is explanatory of another, the possessive sign is added to the last only. CORRECT THE FOLLOWING ERRORS. I called at Tom's the tinker's. They listened to Peter's the Hermit's eloquence. This was the Apostle's Paul's advice. |
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