As any regular reader of this column can tell you, possessives aren’t as hard as they seem. Usually, if you just take it slow and remember the rules, you can avoid mistakes like “the Smith’s house” ...
As any regular reader of this column can tell you, possessives aren't as hard as they seem. Usually, if you just take it slow and remember the rules, you can avoid mistakes like "the Smith's house" ...
In English, you use words to show that someone owns something all the time: my book, your ball, his friend, her apple, their cat, our house. These are known as possessive adjectives. In other words, ...