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| 3d Sing. Mas. Nom. | Expl. Mod. of _favorite_.
James I. Prop.| 3d Sing. Mas. Obj. | Prin. word of Prep. phrase.
TO THE TEACHER.--For exercises in parsing nouns and pronouns, see Lessons
28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 44, 46, 59, 60, 71, 73, 78, 80, and 81. Other
exercises may be selected from examples previously given for analysis, and
parsing continued as long as you think it profitable.
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LESSON 122.
CASE FORMS--NOUNS.
Nouns have two case forms, the simple form, common to the nominative and
the objective case, and the possessive form.
+RULE.--The _Possessive Case_ of nouns is formed in the singular by adding
to the nominative the apostrophe and the letter _s_ (_'s_); in the plural
by adding (_'_) only. If the plural does not end in _s_, (_'s_) are both
added. [Footnote: In Anglo-Saxon, _es_ was a genitive (possessive) ending
of the singular; as, _sta:n_, genitive _sta:n-es_. In old English, _es_ and
_is_ were both used. In modern English, the vowel is generally dropped, and
(') stands in its place. The use of the apostrophe has been extended to
distinguish the possessive from other forms of the plural.
Some have said that our possessive ending is a remnant of the pronoun
_his_.


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