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Hello Pratapsingh,
That sentence looks correct to me. I'm afraid I can't explain the rule that you read somewhere else.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Westley,
Regarding the spelling, all are usually spelled simply by adding 's: Dash's car, Rich's brother, Soh's sister.
As for the pronunciation of words ending with an 'sh' or 'ch' sound, a short vowel sound is pronounced between the end of the noun and the 's. The word 'Rich's', for example, is pronounced exactly like 'riches'; if you follow the link, you can click to hear the pronunciation. 'Dash's' sounds like the plural of 'dash': 'dashes'.
I can't think of a word that ends with an 'h' sound in English, so I'm afraid I can't say anything about the pronunciation of such a word. If you have one in mind, please let me know.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello bakh.sh85,
Both the second and third ones are correct, but mean different things. I suppose the second one is the one you mean -- it refers to the daily activity of the students. (Should it be 'activities'? If you want to emphasise that they do many different things, then you could make it plural. If you just mean all their work in general, 'activity' is fine.)
The third one means the activity of the daily students.
Hope this helps.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello bakh.sh85,
Yes, that's right.
Be careful with the apostrophe with the word 'student', however:
> student's activities = 1 student
> students' activities = more than 1 student
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Jack,
That depends on how you classify them, but in general, yes, I'd say they're the same or at least similar. As for how they are different, in the first, the object is a noun ('gaze'), whereas in the second, the object is a phrase with a verb as its head ('having had to bury it').
I'm not sure if I've answered your question, so please let us know if you were asking about something else.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Jack,
It's possible to use a possessive form before a gerund. For example:
Your example is similar to this, but the possessive form is a noun with 's:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Ricky118,
Pre-, central and postdeterminers are descriptors based on acceptable sequencing in phrases, so it's helpful to consider the item in question in context:
'all our students' options' contains a predeterminer (all), a central determiner (our) and a postdeterminer (students'). You can see this if you try to change the order; no other order is possible.
I hope that clarifies it for you. Please note that our site is really aimed at language learners rather than students of linguistics and I think your question really falls into the latter category. You may find a linguistics orientated site more useful for these kinds of questions. Stack Exchange has a linguistics section which is a good place to start:
https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello HelenHelen15,
Both forms could be correct in different contexts and I'd really need to know the specific situation you want to use this in to make a good recommendation. But in general, 'customer choice' is probably better when you aren't talking about a specific group of customers, and 'customers' choice' is probably better when you do have a specific group in mind.
Hope this helps.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Yolanda,
I would recommend 'boys' shoes', though I'm sure you could find 'boys shoes' or 'boy's shoes' if you did an internet search. 'boys's' is not correct in any situation.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello sneixx,
In the first and second examples I would say planet's and students' (i.e. with the apostrophes) are the correct options.
In the third example it is not clear. I think school's is more likely, but both are possible, depending on the speaker's intention and the context.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello xeesid,
English is a very flexible language and words can have multiple functions. Generally, however, linguists look at forms like education system as compound nouns rather than an adjective + noun form. Compound nouns in English can be single words (keyboard, bookcase etc.), they can be hyphenated (ice-cream, president-elect etc.) or they can be two words (coffee table, forest fire etc.).
You can read more about compound nouns here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound#Compound_nouns
As far as Wednesday goes, you have two choices. You can use the apostrophe and this would be the most common form;
You can also use Wednesday as an adjective. In this case, you would need to use 'the':
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello re_nez
You can find both spellings out there, but the one we use at the British Council is 'boss's'. Both are pronounced the same: /'bɒ sɪz/.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Teacher Lizzy
That's correct: 'selection of products' is correct. The possessive 's is not normally used when the possessor is not a person, animal or group of living beings.
There are many exceptions to this rule, but 'products' is not one of them. You can see a longer explanation of this, with more examples, in the Cambridge Dictionary.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello rose
Since there is no single official authority regarding what is correct in English, there is some disagreement about this (and other) points of spelling and punctuation in English. Most of these points are minor and do not cause any confusion.
We have included the form we prefer, but you are welcome to use others that other reliable sources consider correct.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Keila_Blizzard
The correct answer for 3 is "neighbours' dog" and for 8 "Smiths' party". There was an error with 8, but I've just fixed it.
By the way, after you check your answers, you can press the 'Check Answers' button to see the correct answers.
Thanks for pointing this out to us.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Moaz al halabi,
The word 'ignorant' is an adjective, not a noun, so only the second sentence (an ignorant post) is grammatically correct.
The word to describe a person is 'ignoramus', but it is a very rarely used word and will sound archaic to most people.
I should point out that the word 'ignorant' is very strong and its use is likely to cause offence or anger. Unless that is your goal then something more tactful might be more effective.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Azam
The second one is correct.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi llin,
It's is correct here. The meaning is 'The coat is my wife's', but we replace 'The coat' with 'It' to avoid repetition:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Vane0610
When we speak about a family by using their surname, for example 'Smith', we can say 'the Smith family' or, more commonly, 'the Smiths' -- notice that this is plural. This is why the correct answer is Smiths' and not Smith's in this context.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello zainab Shah
Is this perhaps homework? We're teachers here at LearnEnglish and believe that homework is important, so we're not keen on answering such questions.
One rule that might help you is that when the possessor is a person, animal or group of people, we usually use 's instead of the word of to indicate possession. This means that sentence 3 should be 'The boy's cap is red', for example, and in 4 you should say 'bird's nest'.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello soniae
Yes, it is. We tend to use the possessive s when the possessor is a person or animal or some kind of group of living beings (e.g. a country, a government or a school).
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Tara
I would recommend avoiding the issue by saying 'The role of the protagonist, Bob, is diverse' or 'The protagonist's role is diverse. For example, Bob ...'
If you do an internet search for 'possessives with appositive forms' or something similar, you can find people making different suggestions about this sort of issue. I'm not a trained professional editor, but I think many would make the same recommendation I have.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Aislin,
In the sentence you cite, 'his' is a possessive adjective (it modifies 'friend'), not a demonstrative pronoun. Both of the sentences you ask about are grammatically correct, but couldn't just replace the one you asked about. If you used the first one, for example, 'the' implies that the friend hasn't been identified and 'a' implies that the friend hasn't been mentioned yet.
Does that help you make sense of it?
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello kapel,
The compound noun 'car keys' is the correct form here. This is simply the way native speakers have come to speak about this item that is so important for so many of us.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team