Nouns

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<div align="center"> </div><div style="min-height:">Nouns change form to indicate case and number. The number of a noun is usually not a problem (though the number of pronouns and verbs corresponding to the noun may be). The three possible cases are nominative, objective, and possessive. In English, nominative and objective case nouns have the same form. الموضوع الأصلى من هنا: English4arab <a href="http://adf.ly/330861/http://www.english4arab.net/vb/t19909-post218257.html">http://www.pubd3m.com/f11-montadat19909-post218257.html</a> 1.2.1. Possessive Case At Langley, the preferred rules for forming possessives are as follows (G.P.O. 1984; and Rowland 1962): • Form the possessive of a singular or plural noun not ending in s by adding 's. • Form the possessive of a singular or plural noun ending in s by adding an apostrophe only: Chapter 1. Grammar Page 2 Singular Plural man's men's horse's horses' Jones' Joneses' • Form the possessive of a compound noun by adding 's to the end of the compound: sister-in-law's home John Doe, Jr.'s report patent counsel's decision • Indicate joint possession by adding 's to the last element of a series; indicate individual possession by adding 's to each element: Wayne and Tom's office (one office) editor's, proofreader's, and typist's tasks Some authorities (for example, Skillin et al. 1974; and Bernstein 1981) partially disagree with the second rule above. They state that the possessive of a singular proper noun is formed by adding 's even when the noun ends in s (for example, Jones's); however, a triple sibilant is always avoided (for example, Jesus'). 1.2.2. Possessive of Inanimate Objects In the past, the possessive case ('s) was not acceptable for inanimate nouns. Instead the preposition of was preferred, that is, strength of the laminate rather than laminate's strength.. Exceptions to this rule were inanimate words representing a collection of animate beings (for example, company's profits, university's curriculum) and words expressing measure or time (for example, 2 hours' work). Current practice is to dispense with both the 's and the of (Skillin et al. 1974): company profits university curriculum laminate strength 2 hours work In fact, the use of 's on an inanimate object is no longer taboo, particularly if the object has some lifelike qualities (Bernstein 1981): computer program's name Earth's rotation Whether an 's can properly be added to an inanimate noun seems to be a matter of idiom. We would not say, for example, systems' analyst table's top</div>