Exercises.
(a) Pick out the possessive nouns, and tell whether each is appositional, objective, or subjective.
(b) Rewrite the sentence, turning the possessives into equivalent phrases.
1. I don't choose a hornet's nest about my ears.
2. Shall Rome stand under one man's awe?
3. I must not see thee Osman's bride.
4.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.
5. The world has all its eyes on Cato's son.
6. My quarrel and the English queen's are one.