%% Last Updated: - [[2021-02-22]] tags: [] %% Author: [[grammarly.com]] Full Title: What Are Possessive Nouns? URL: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/possessive-nouns/ ### Highlights first synced by [[Readwise]] [[2020-09-16]] - Plural nouns ending in an s simply take an apostrophe at the end to form a possessive noun - In most cases, a possessive noun is formed by adding an apostrophe +s to the noun, or if the noun is plural and already ends in s, only an apostrophe needs to be added - When a noun ends in the letter s or an s sound, the same format applies. This is a matter of style, however, and some style guides suggest leaving off the extra s. I have been invited to the boss’s house for dinner. The trainer flipped a fish into the walrus’s open mouth.