OST164 T EXT E DITING A PPLICATIONS Chapter 4 - Possessives Pages 89-92

#1 For most singular nouns, form the possessive by adding an apostrophe ( ‘ ) plus “s”. officer – officer ’s brother – brother ’s Phillip – Phillip ’s supervisor – supervisor ’s

#2 If the possessive of a singular noun or a proper name ending is “s” would be hard to pronounce with an apostrophe plus “s”, then add only the apostrophe. crisis – crisis ’ thesis – thesis ’ Ms. Cummings – Ms. Cummings ’ Brian Roberts – Brian Roberts ’ Mr. Hastings – Mr. Hastings ’ Jesus – Jesus ’ Euripides – Euripides ’

#3 If a singular noun or a proper name ends in “s” or an “s” sound and the possessive is pronounced with an extra syllable, add an apostrophe plus “s”. boss – boss ’s campus – campus ’s Thomas – Thomas ’s Jon Sanchez – Jon Sanchez ’s the witness – the witness ’s my coach – my coach ’s

#4 AND #5 Plural nouns or proper names ending in “s” take only an apostrophe to form the possessive. bosses – bosses ’ the Wellses – the Wellses ’ Supervisors – supervisors ’ The Adamses – the Adamses ’ Plural nouns that do not end in “s” take an apostrophe plus “s” to form the possessive. men – men’s women – women’s children – children’s

#6 If a compound noun is singular, add an apostrophe plus “s” to the last word in the compound to form the possessive. editor-in-chief editor-in-chief ’s business owner business owner ’s son-in-law son-in-law ’s secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer ’s

#7 AND #8 If a compound noun is a plural ending in “s”, add only an apostrophe to form the possessive. brigadier generals – brigadier generals ’ sales representatives – sales representatives ’ If a compound noun is a plural not ending in “s”, add an apostrophe plus “s” to form the possessive. sisters-in-law sisters-in-law ’s runners-up runners-up ’s

#9 To indicate separate ownership, make each name possessive. Alice ’s and Matt ’s companies the buyer ’s and the seller ’s signatures the Johnson ’s and the Brown ’s houses the CEO and board of director s’ opinions To indicate joint ownership, make only the last name possessive. Alice and Matt ’s companies a house like Paul and Molly ’s the CEO and board of director s’ decision

Proofreader’s mark (revision symbol) for inserting an apostrophe: Lupes suggestion Deleting a letter/word or inserting a letter/word use the same revision symbols covered in Chapter 1. V

Complete: 1. Checkup 4-3 on page Checkup 4-4 on page 92