Send your owl to me with your letters. Tyciol 14:36, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
RE:Grammar
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Oh. I did not even realise I had reverted Starstuff's move... Either way, I did it for consistency with the other articles. We do not have a strict guideline on how to form the possessive case, but most articles seem to be following these rules:
- 1. The possessive case is formed by "noun + 's"
- a) when it's a noun in the singular
- e.g. That is Susan's car.
- Our neighbour's flat is roomy.
- e.g. That is Susan's car.
- a) when it's a noun in the singular
- b) when a plural noun does not end in -s
- e.g. These women's skirts are ugly.
- The policemen's uniforms.
- e.g. These women's skirts are ugly.
- b) when a plural noun does not end in -s
- c) when a proper noun ends in -s
- e.g. This is Thomas's toy.
- These are the Jones's cars.
- e.g. This is Thomas's toy.
- c) when a proper noun ends in -s
- 2. The possessive case is formed by "noun + ' "
- a) when it's a noun in the plural, ending in -s
- e.g. My friends' cousins are nice.
- My colleagues' office is noisy.
- e.g. My friends' cousins are nice.
- a) when it's a noun in the plural, ending in -s
- 3. The possessive case is formed by the proposition "of"
- a) when the possessor is an object
- e.g. The flash of the camera.
- The library of Hogwarts.
- e.g. The flash of the camera.
- a) when the possessor is an object
It is, as you put it, a complex field of study. As for checking Rowling's books, I cannot help you as I do not own any copies in English. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 15:32, April 7, 2010 (UTC)