English Grammar
Use of the Possessive Case
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1) The Possessive Case is used with living things.
Examples:
★Lawyer's duty
★Child's beauty
2) The Possessive Case is used with personified objects.
★Pakistan's leader
★ Death's call
3) The Possessive Case is used with nouns denoting time/space/income.
Example:
★A years'income
★a month's salary
4)With the names of buildings such as mosques/house/school/hospital.
Examples:
★I shall go to the my friend's(house).
★I was educated at Oxford's(University).
5) Possessive Case is used with some phrases.
Examples:
★at his finger's end
★for Mercy's sake
6) The Possessive Case is also used to express authorship/origin/kind.
★Iqbal's poetry (poetry written by Iqbal).
★Mother's Love (love felt by mother).
★Court stay ( stay order given by the court).
★ Shahjahan mosque ( a mosque dedicated to Shahjahan).
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