#Tip 89. The possessive case denotes ownership or possession | Advanced English Grammar

#Tip 89.

The possessive case denotes ownership or possession.

- John’s yacht lies at her moorings.
- The duck’s feet are webbed.
- The mutineer’s pistol burst when he fired.

NOTE. Most uses of the possessive come under the general head of possession in some sense. Special varieties of meaning are source (as in “hen’s eggs”) and authorship (as in “Wordsworth’s sonnets”).

A possessive noun or pronoun modifies the substantive to which it is attached as an adjective might do. Hence it is classed as an adjective modifier.

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