possessive form

As a result, many (but not all) are named in the possessive form.

There are also possessive forms for each of the pronouns.

However note that its (possessive form) does not have an apostrophe.

They work the same way as the patrynomic, and are possessive forms of given names.

As adjectives, trademarks are not to be used in possessive form.

It may also be possible to find an alternative word or phrase that avoids the possessive form.

A possessive form (rather than the true genitive) is generally used instead nowadays.

Some of the English indefinite pronouns above have possessive forms.

When a personal pronoun comes in front of a gerund, the possessive form is called for: say my, not me.

There can be confusion over a plural possessive form.

Personal pronouns are also often associated with possessive forms.

In English, for example, possessive forms derived from other pronouns include one's, somebody's and nobody's.

However, the personal pronouns do have distinct possessive forms.

For example, the possessive forms of nouns are used incorrectly, in both speaking and writing, more than any other structure.

A possessive form is a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense.

His is the possessive form of he.

Reflexives may be formed by adding selves after any of the possessive forms.

It has the possessive form one's and the reflexive form oneself.

Certain pronouns, such as the demonstratives this, that, these, those, do not have possessive forms.

Further, these pronouns and a few others have distinct possessive forms, such as his and whose.

A given language may have distinct genitive and possessive forms, as in the example of Russian given above.

There are five additional third person possessive forms:

The twelfth possessive form is almost always found on inalienably possessed nouns.

The most commonly encountered possessive forms of the above pronouns are:

If the possessor is a personal pronoun, the separate possessive form is not used.