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Singular Possessive Case
Which one of the following is a correct example of the singular possessive case?
1.women's club
2.audiences' reaction
3.who's job
4.king's rights
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Re: Singular Possessive Case

Originally Posted by
trixi68 Which one of the following is a correct example of the singular possessive case?
1.women's club
2.audiences' reaction
3.who's job
4.king's rights
1. women is a plural noun
2. audiences is a plural noun
3. who is singular, but it is not possessive.
Please note, 'whose' is the possessive form of 'who'. Sentence 3., 'who's job' is ungrammatical. Sentence 3. should be, 'whose job'.
4. king is a singular noun and with the apostrophe -s it is possessive
The correct answer is 4., king's.
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Originally Posted by
Nahualli who's job.
-Nah-
Homonyms: who's, whose
You're in good company. :D
I tend to make the same mistake.
I also use it's when I should use its. Those homonyms are trouble!
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