+Remark+.--When the singular and the plural are alike in the nominative,
some place the apostrophe after the _s_ in the plural to distinguish it
from the possessive singular; as, singular, _sheep's_; plural, _sheeps'_.
+Direction+.--_Study the Rule and the Remarks given above, and then write
the possessive singular and the possessive plural of each of the following
nouns_:--
Actor, elephant, farmer, king, lion, genius, horse, princess, buffalo,
hero, mosquito, negro, volcano, junto, tyro, cuckoo, ally, attorney, fairy,
lady, monkey, calf, elf, thief, wife, wolf, chief, dwarf, waif, child,
goose, mouse, ox, woman, beau, seraph, fish, deer, sheep, swine.
Compound names and groups of words that may be treated as compound names
add the possessive sign to the last word; as, a _man-of-war's_ rigging, the
_queen of England's_ palace,[Footnote: In parsing the words _queen_ and
_England_ separately, the ('_s_) must be regarded as belonging to _queen_;
but the whole phrase _queen of England's_ may be treated as one noun in the
possessive case.] _Frederick the Great's_ verses.
+Remark+.--The possessive plural of such terms is not used.
The preposition _of_ with the objective is often used instead of the
possessive case form--_David's_ Psalms = Psalms _of David_.
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