Case Inflection.
Declension or inflection of nouns.
63. The full declension of nouns is as follows:—
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |
| 1. Nom. and Obj. | lady | ladies |
| Poss. | lady's | ladies' |
| 2. Nom. and Obj. | child | children |
| Poss. | child's | children's |
A suggestion.
NOTE.—The difficulty that some students have in writing the possessive plural would be lessened if they would remember there are two steps to be taken:—
(1) Form the nominative plural according to Secs 39-53
(2) Follow the rule given in Sec. 62.