possessive case

• Construção gramatical usada para indicar posse, pertencimento ou uma relação estreita entre substantivos, geralmente formada em inglês pelo acréscimo de apóstrofo e 's' (como em 'John's book') ou apenas do apóstrofo em substantivos plurais terminados em 's' (como em 'the students' class').

A grammatical construction used to indicate ownership, possession, or a close relationship between nouns, typically formed by adding an apostrophe and the letter 's' (e.g., 'John's book') or just an apostrophe for plural nouns ending in 's' (e.g., 'the students' classroom').

1. Grammatical case for possessionA2formal

   A grammatical form used to indicate ownership, relationship, or association, typically formed with an apostrophe and 's' in English.

   Caso possessivo

   • In 'John's car', the possessive case shows that the car belongs to John.
   • The possessive case is used in 'the cat's tail' to show the tail belongs to the cat.
   • 'Children's toys' uses the possessive case to indicate toys belonging to children.