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Apostrophes – How to Show Possession Using an Apostrophe
This is a lesson on how to correctly use apostrophes to show possession. I cover common grammatical mistakes, as well as joint ownership.
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gagan
hello dear
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hi
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nguyendinhchuong
priyadarshi
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marcos
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ValenESL
I’m glad you enjoyed the lesson! Thanks for your comments!!
your voice is very satisfactory
Jasmine
dienel
hi there, can you teach me how to use the: in, on, the, their, and an words. this videos helps a lot. thank you
eric
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A ll the best , god bless you .
bye
nguyendinhchuong
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Latha Reddy
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manishk
I would like to appreciate your efforts for presenting such a nice lesson.
Do you have any lesson on word “Been” e.g. have been, has been, was been etc?
ptgirl1981
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ptgirl1981
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Reinoni
Hi Teacher.
Huuummmm i didn’t understand the example:
The horse’s hay is damp. – Singular (just 1 horse).
The horses’ hay is damp. – Plural
Well, i’m confused, for me is: The horses’s hay ARE damp.
Could you answer me ?
Thanks
Hi Reinoni,
Hay is an uncountable noun so we don’t add an ‘s’ to the end of hay. If the sentence was: The horses are damp.- we would use ‘are’ but because the sentence is referring to the horse’s hay and hay is uncountable we use ‘is’ instead of ‘are’. You can watch my lesson on Countable and Uncountable Nouns in English to get a better understanding of this.
ValenESL
Jose Sepulveda
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Sorry, i mean, “I´m so happy to have a place like this…..
vijay
Dear Valen
Please tell me if there are lessions on phrasal verbs,
like put on , put down , put off, Run over , run of etc.
Thank you
Vijay
farhan
thanks for this lesson, i would like to study english in Canada. so please which school of english you teach in.
arif_new
Hi valen,
This video is very helpful. I was little bit confused about the use of apostrophe ‘s. Now this thing is quite clear to me. Thank you again for your work.
Best regards,
Md. Arif
bhim
i am being impressed with yuor teaching idea,and now i am getting improve my english language.I want to learn about tense in full details.Please advise.
Roody
HI
I would like to aske u please about articals
1-If i say – (I have flu) – this is right :) because (Flu) is an adjective
right .
2- what aboout if i say ( I have a headaches) why here we use artical (headaches) as we know headaches is an adjective .
3-Here again (Englend has cold weather or Englend has a cold weather) which one is right ?and why ?
5-if i say ( I have a cold or I have cold ) which one is right and why ?
regards
Nadir
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nandin
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Take Care
edwarduk
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osvaldo
hello,
can I say: “the house of john” as the subject instead of “john’s hause”‘?
the lesson was great!
nasser
Heiio Mr Valen can you sent all lesson pleas
Pitts-burger
Hello Valen. Thanks for the video. It clarified some of the questions I had. I would like to ask you a couple of questions.
1 – What happens when you need to concatenate possessions? e.g.: Is it correct to say “I can hear John’s cat’s leash’s bell”?
2 – What happens if there are multiple Charles in the example you gave us? e.g.: “These are Charles’s suitcases”
Thanks!
hady
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iam egyptian.
thnx alot
hana
Hi teacher
If you don’t mind ,you can speak slowly, because I just begin learn English. thank a lot,
Mohammad
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many thanks for that nice lesson, I like your accent very much we are living at Afghanistan my children don’t have acces to internet how can to get your CD/DVD for grammar lesson please help me.
Emma
You didnt actually go on to talk about the use of apostrophe, when using for a missing letter.
Luciano
Dear Valen
These lesson are good, but i would prefered that you speak a little beat slower. You can see that i write very bad, so imagine when i am listening. Please
Majed
Dear Valen
Please I have inquiry,
why did not change is to are for this example :
The horse’s hay is damp .
The horses’ hay are damp .
Xuan Hieu
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Wish you happy and good health.
x Hieu
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Feras
thanks very much for this lesson
and i like your way
thanks
tonyd
Now i understand apostrophe better
Thanks
Imbu
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norehan
Hi teacher, I would like to know the correct way of writing below to show possession. Please help.
UKM’s graduates
(for your info, UKM is one of universities in M’sia – abbreviation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia).
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eeae
I think the first question has another correct answer, the first one, what do you think?
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I would like to request you that If you have availabele time could you send me all Engish Tenses and How using them as well and anthother one please teach about how to build the sentences in English too. I love your teaching so much. you are very good Teacher.
If you do not mind, could I have your own Email address so that I am easy to contact you personally.
Again I thank you so much for these lessons.
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May God bless you, your whole family and your work!
Love Vibol! your English student
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chauhongteo
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Thank you once again ( sorry for my bad english)
jdalien
Thank you very much for your lesson Teacher Valen.
umer
thanx for teaching miss valen
mohd-saf1
that was very useful lesson about possessive
with plural and singular nouns
thanks a lot
Valen
Lisa
Hello, Teacher
Congratulations! because you are very young.
I have two questions.
1. I want to say: Please join us to celebrate Teachers Birthdays or Teachers’ Birthdays. ( With or without ‘s )Which one is correct?
2. At Maria’s house or At Maria’s home. (Home vs House)
ARSHEIN
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ferbau
Teacher Valen,
Thank you very much for your help. Now I understand a little more.:)