Because of you, I learn so many things. Thank you for your crystal-clear lessons. It improves my English day by day.

This is an excellent tutorial that explains the placement of apostrophe S ('s or s') with possessive nouns. I am also grateful for just the lesson and no introductory life story.

@SparkleEnglish

11 ай бұрын

It all started on an autumn evening in October. Mother and Father waited patiently for the doctor to arrive to hand over their newborn daughter, who would one day be an English teacher... (Just kidding. Thanks for your comment! No life stories here, haha!)

@nabilanusrat3818

6 ай бұрын

@@SparkleEnglish your the best

You made this video and the result is my grammar being better. Thanks teacher, love you. 😊

Quick Links: 00:25 - What are possessive nouns? 01:07 - Singular nouns 01:50 - Singular nouns/names ending in s 03:19 - Plural nouns ending in s 04:22 - Irregular plural nouns 05:22 - Shared/separate possession 07:00 - Hyphenated/compound nouns 07:41 - QUIZ/PRACTICE 09:06 - QUIZ ANSWERS

@rukmaniawasthi

Жыл бұрын

What is the possesive noun is non living then will we add apostrophe?

@larrymilliken288

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the links!

@Zero-0_0-

5 ай бұрын

First of all:thanks a lot 😊 I have a doubt 😕 with an example:Mom's and dad's cars are new;is it wrong to make the word "cars" singular(car) since the word "are" makes it clear:there are more than one car. Please correct me with the above usage of :,;," " and ( ) too,and also anything else. Thank you 🙏😊

Thank you Sparkle English

Thank you,I got full scores,10. Your explanation looks easy and rememerbale.

FANTASTIC VIDEO!

The video is really helpful. It is was easy to comprehend and it saved my time alot. Thank so Kuch dear lots of love from Pakistan. I corrected 10/10.

The video was full explained thank you

thank u so much. Greetings from Perú

Iam really impressed because this is so helpful for my exam for medical test thanks a lot❤❤🎉🎉🎉

A Very good video Thank you for your help in making the word a bit more grammatically correct, one video at a time

Wow! Thank you for this very simple and patient explanation.

I got correct ten out of ten. You explaned everything regarding apostrophe. I appreciate your struggles. Thank you.

I got 9/10. Thank you Ms

Thanks for the lesson.

Thank you for your teaching ......l got 9/10🎉

@SparkleEnglish

11 ай бұрын

Excellent!

Thank you it’s so clear than others

Thank you so much....this makes so much sense

Excellent lesson, thank you :)

9/10 thank you for this video. I am a nursing student and this was on one of my tests for English!

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!! Great job!!

@newlife6845

10 ай бұрын

why only 9/10

I love Sparkle English

Your way of teaching is best from Pakistan

@satindersonia

Жыл бұрын

well i was born in india

@unknwn-jj3iu

Жыл бұрын

I'm also from pakistan

Thank you for the video Sparkle. You answered the question I had.

At 75 yo and having taken five college writing courses, my skills presently are subjective, thus, these videos are golden.

@SparkleEnglish

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, Gene!

@Zero-0_0-

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for inspiration:"learning never gets old".

@gene4094

5 ай бұрын

@@Zero-0_0- 😊 thank you, as I want to form logically coherent structures that describes complex novel concepts. This is a water splitting Hydrogen + Oxygen gas energy system. This hypothetical energy system evolved from a Nobel Prize winner phenomenon on a nanoscale second harmonic generation of evanescence waves.

@Zero-0_0-

5 ай бұрын

Eh...science 😆🤣😂 Do you have any advice for me?:I would appreciate 🙏

When you gave the example of the girls' being sisters, I chuckled. You reminded me of when people see a lesbian couple living together, they'd dismiss them as sisters or friends. I enjoyed the video, it was very informative. Even my broken dropout ass could understand it, which is saying something. Thank you for doing what you do. Your videos are the best English instruction I've come across. Someday I hope to be able to write my novel, powered by Sparkles.

@SparkleEnglish

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, that definitely wasn't my intention! I was imagining two little girls sharing a room when I wrote that sentence. Otherwise, I would have said women. 😜 Thank you so much for the kind words!!!

Now I'm 70 and finally understand where the apostrophe goes 🙂 - thank you!

Thank you for the refresher! I've been having trouble with these rules for a number of years. Haha! I, totally, failed on question 10: "My parents' home is near the mountains." :P

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

That was a tricky one! 😅

@mohib-shahmeer

8 ай бұрын

yes that was (⁠☞⁠ ⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠☞)⁠ trick 9:40 🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂

@mohib-shahmeer

8 ай бұрын

I was Failed to😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 11:11

Thank you, I got 9/10 😃

@SparkleEnglish

10 ай бұрын

Great job!!

10/10 video

Thank you for the video. I have learn a lot.

Thanks. This is so informative.

thank you so much; it really helped me.

Thank you so much and I got 10/10 in my test🙏

@SparkleEnglish

7 ай бұрын

Wow! Well done!!!

Thank you, this was great help.

For Question number 2 How do we know it’s shared possession?

I remember getting into a debate with someone once about the word "people." I was telling him the word refers to many persons but the word itself is singular. The plural is "peoples". So one would say, "The People's Court."

I missed #3 by not moving the apostrophe, and I understand why. On #10 I would like to know why parent's mean just one parent-isn't parents a plural noun? Please help me understand this. I'm so glad I watched this helpful video. Thanks, Jennifer!

@SparkleEnglish

6 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Compare these two sentences: My parents' house is big. My parent's house is big. The first sentence means that there are two parents, and the second sentence means that there is only one parent. However, usually we would say "my mother's house" or "my father's house" instead of "parent's".

@larrymilliken288

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I understand it better now.@@SparkleEnglish

thank you for this video it has helped me!

Thank you so much, that was so helpful.

Thank you for this video. It is 10/10. Good luck for you

Thank you for this video .☺️

It was an awesome class 😍😍

You are a very good teacher thank you 👍👍

Thank u 🙏

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I got 8/10 in my test . But I though my grammer is being better than before 😊.Thank you for sharing the best lesson video.

Excellent teacher

Thank you for getting me ready for the HISET TEST

Hi there, hope you can help. Is it Christmas at the Boyles’ or Boyle’s or Boyles

Awesome! Very informative, I like the way you explain everything. Got 9/10

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Fabulous job!

Hi that great lesson I understood thank you very much

Thank you ! I needed to check names ending in S like James or Chris

Excellent 👍

Thank you teacher. I got 10/10.

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Great job!

Thank you for this. I got 9/10. :)

@stefanidawne

8 ай бұрын

Good job!

Thank you! I often times did not what was correct usage for possessive plural nouns.

9 out of 10 correct answer 🎉

correct all

I got 💯; however, I thought that the placement of the apostrophe depended on whether you were referring to one parent or two parents. I love the quizzes at the end of the lessons! 👍 13:23

@Mome_

8 ай бұрын

Well if the car belongs to both of your parents , you choose to add apostrophe on which one ? Mom or dad and you need to add that parent in the ending of sentence ; last word

Thank you. I got 9/10

9/10 ❤‍🔥

@SparkleEnglish

7 ай бұрын

💪💪💪

Thank you ma'am😊

What do you put for “Jane and Luis car broke down.” Is it Luis’s/s’?

Excellent thank you, I never understood this until now. Got 10/10😁

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Perfect score, Vic! Well done!

Than you

Good

🎉😊 10/10

Hi omg i love your videos you are so good you helped me out so much thank you❤😭

@SparkleEnglish

Ай бұрын

I am so glad to hear that!! ❤️❤️

It's awsome Thank's maam You are so great

@satindersonia

Жыл бұрын

ma'am

Hello Teacher, I have a question for you related to this topic : In this sentence, which is the correct form to use : She will be back in two weeks time. or She will be back in two weeks' time. I would be glad if you could clarify it please.

@SparkleEnglish

2 жыл бұрын

Hello! She will be back in two weeks. (More common to say in the US/Canada) She will be back in two weeks' time. (More common to say in the UK) We would use an apostrophe after weeks. :)

@domybarahona8985

2 жыл бұрын

@@SparkleEnglish Thanks, Teacher

THANK YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAHH

I got 9 out of 10. Those children's toys caught me off guard:D

I'm so curious, and I can't find any answers in my question. Which one is correct? Grace's files OR Grace' files? It means that I have my files on that folder or envelope. Or maybe both are correct? I don't know, anyone can answer my question? THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🫶🏻🥹

@SparkleEnglish

11 ай бұрын

It should be "Grace's files" (the files belonging to Grace) :)

@marygracedegillogarnado9545

11 ай бұрын

@SparkleEnglish Thank you so much Ma'am 🥹🫶🏻 I really appreciated

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10/10 ty for helping me

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Amazing 🤩

WOW I hope I get a A+ 😊

I got 10/10 thank you

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Fabulous!!

Hi! In this plz clear me one thing, if a singular thing belong to someone so we use 's and if a plural thing is belongs to someone so we use s'

@SparkleEnglish, Hi! I have a question about the 3rd rule, I'm confused with the pronunciation of those words. For example, if I hear "the girls' bedroom" it sounds like "the girl's bedroom", how can I notice the difference between "girls' " and "girl's", I thought that the pronunciation of the possessive of the words that end in an "S" like "girls' " would sound like /IZ/. There are possessive nouns like Chris's or James's and you pronounce the apostrophe 's like /IZ/. I'm very confused with this, I would really appreciate it if you could help me out with this. Thanks in advance and have a good day!

@SparkleEnglish

Ай бұрын

Excellent question! You have great listening skills. We would pronounce "girl's" and "girls' " the same way with the "s" sound. However, with singular proper nouns that end in "s" (like Chris or James), the possessive form is often pronounced with an additional /ɪz/ (or /əz/) sound. So, "Chris's" and "James's" would be pronounced as "Chris-iz" and "James-iz".

@leninrosero5571

Ай бұрын

@@SparkleEnglish Thank you so much, teacher!! Everything's so much clearer now, I didn't know that. Thanks for your time 🤗. Have a nice day!! 😃👍🏼

Thank you, it's very useful. I wanna ask you, how about the name ending in z? Do we use 's or just '? Which one is correct? Athariz' pen or Athariz's pen?

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Athariz's pen would be correct. :)

@widyawati6566

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

Thank you l take 10/10

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👍😎

9 out of 10

10/10

I got 10/10 correct. Thank you for your teaching ❤.

@SparkleEnglish

11 ай бұрын

Wonderful!!

I have 9/10 🎉 correct number 4 I don't understand why make s in law i think only work with names , but 9/10 it's good for beginner's can i have a kiss' 😅

10/10🎉

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

🤩🤩🤩

Thank you, I got eight out of ten

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Great job!

I get 9/10😗😗😘

All

I have got 10😍

What are the rules for pronominal possessive?

Have you been to Sarah and Kyle's house yet?

The boys' video game is in the basement.

I think punctuation is hugely overlooked in ‘modern’ English. I get a lot of value from this channel, and would like to clarify this: the non-gendered possessive pronoun. I was taught that there is no apostrophe. E.g: “That dog has a bone in its mouth.” Please, is this correct?

@SparkleEnglish

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that is correct! It's can be a contraction for it is or it has. It's got a bone in its mouth. (= It has got a bone in its mouth.)

@makkahwalid5042

6 ай бұрын

100\100

I got 7/10 because I said everything was incorrect so I corrected everything.

😃🤪

6 doesn't need correction.

The girl's book is on the table.

10

@EngyFawzy-ju1ez

2 ай бұрын

Hi think u so much and ur the bast how old are u