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所有格的形成
所有格與名詞連用，即表示一個物體與另一物體的從屬關系。如要形成所有格，則在名詞字尾加「's」即可。如果名詞為複數，或字尾是 s，就只要在字尾後加撇號即可。
the car of John =
John's car
the room of the girls =
the girls' room
clothes for men =
men's clothes
the boat of the sailors =
the sailors' boat
對於以 s 結尾的名字，可以選擇在字尾加撇號和 s，或只加一個撇號，前者較為常用。在所有格的名字上，我們會在名字的尾音加上 /z/ 音。
Thomas's book (或 Thomas' book) James's shop (或 James' shop) the Smiths's house (或 the Smiths' house) 所有格的作用所有格最常表達的關係是「屬於」或「擁有」。
John owns a car. = It is John's car . America has some gold reserves. = They are America's gold reserves .所有格也可以表達某人工作、讀書或消磨時間的地方。
John goes to this school. = This is John's school . John sleeps in this room. = This is John's room .所有格可以表達兩人之間的關係。
John's mother is running late. Mrs Brown's colleague will not be coming to the meeting.所有格也可以用於表達無形的事物。
John's patience is running out. The politician's hypocrisy was deeply shocking. 固定表達方式有幾種固定表達方式會用所有格。
帶有時間的例子 a day's work a month's pay today's newspaper in a year's time