92. When we wish to show that a thing belongs to two or more persons who are joint owners of it, we add the possessive sign to the last word only, thus:
- Carson, Price and Scott's store.
- Mason and Hamlin's pianos.
If it is a separate ownership that we wish to denote, we place the possessive sign after each name, thus:
- Bring me John's and Mary's books.
- Lee's and Grant's armies met in battle.
Remember that the noun has just three changes in form, one for the plural number, one to denote gender and one for the possessive form. Watch carefully your own language and that of your friends and note if these changes are correctly made.
Exercise 3
Write the plural form of each of the following:
- ax
- beef
- chief
- hero
- knife
- T
- hoof
- man-of-war
- axis
- basis
- cherry
- leaf
- son-in-law
- Mr. Smith
- thief
- Doctor Wood
- alley
- buffalo
- chimney
- staff
- Frenchman
- Miss Brown
- ox
- spoonful
- alto
- calf
- cargo
- two
- 3
- tooth
- foot
- turkey
Exercise 4
Underscore the nouns in the following: