🤔 Which is correct: TV Remote or TV's Remote? | Possessive Forms EXPLAINED! 🔥

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In this lesson you'll learn the secrets to using the possessive form in English, and when to use the apostrophe for possessives! Discover which nouns can be possessive and which ones can't, and avoid the common mistakes that even native speakers make!!! 👓 Watch with subtitles 👓 🎁 [30% DISCOUNT FOR YOU!!] 🎁 Are you currently stuck at the “Intermediate barrier”? In my DAILY QUICK FIX course, I personally give you daily lessons that will help you finally speak Advanced English. http://daily.englishquickfix.com (Use code YOUTUBE to get 30% OFF your first month inside!) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ⭐️ [DOWNLOAD THE FREE WORKSHEET] 📖 📚 ► Download here » https://onlinelanguageacademy.lpages.co/free/ ⚠️ (BONUS: When you download this, you'll also get access to my free book, "English Quick Fix", and also ALL past + future worksheets that I publish!!!) * * * ⭐️ [WATCH NEXT] 🔥 ADVANCED English Grammar Lessons https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYCXLjOiLD_DSGbe7UPvp4gkLsh-LRyZV&si=Vm4xXtBOwcDZDEBu 🔥 MOST CONFUSING Pairs of Words in English https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYCXLjOiLD_AckHAUxOQUp8SenK8jPwol&si=KllaOk1rSVwqa5Y9 * * * ► CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:03 Singular Nouns (Basic Rules) 01:36 Singular Nouns Ending in 'S' 03:05 Plural Nouns (Basic Rules) 04:08 Plural Nouns Not Ending in 'S' 05:01 Joint Ownership and Compound Nouns 07:27 Possessive Adjectives 09:06 Possessive Pronouns 09:58 Nouns That Can Be Possessive 11:57 Nouns That Cannot Be Possessive 17:03 Quiz and Practice * * * ► TRANSCRIPTION Is it the TV remote or the TV's remote? Is it the book cover or the book's cover? If you think that's easy, what about the world end or the world's end? Well, in that last example, neither are correct. But hey, you're not alone. Many students have this problem. In today's lesson, you're going to see how easy possessives really are in English so you can confidently use them when you're speaking English. Are you ready? I often hear my students saying things like, The dog of the sister of my mother. 8 words. Instead of, my aunt's dog. 3 words. Why? Well, because they haven't learned possessives. Before I can explain the TV remote or the TV's remote, let's first have a look at the basic way to use possessives in English. Okay, let's start with a quick review of singular nouns. When a single person, animal or thing, owns something. In these situations, we just add an apostrophe and S to the end of the noun. For example, the King's Guard, a child's imagination, that author's books, Greg's Daily Quick Fix. That's my course that I run via WhatsApp for students who want to reach an advanced level of English. Now, that's okay, pretty easy. But what happens if the noun already ends with an S, like James, boss, Paris? Well, in these cases, we still need to add an apostrophe to show possession, but we have a choice whether to add an S at the end or just leave it. We could say James' pen with just an apostrophe, or James's pen with an apostrophe S. My boss's chair with an apostrophe, or my boss's chair with an apostrophe S. Paris' cathedrals or Paris's cathedrals. Again, either with the apostrophe or with the apostrophe S. Did you notice anything about my pronunciation? It didn't change. It's both James' or James's, whether we use an apostrophe or an apostrophe S. The important thing is that the apostrophe always comes after the final S of the noun. Okay, before I continue, as with all my videos, you can download a free PDF worksheet with all the examples, a summary of today's lesson, and an advanced quiz to test your understanding of this lesson. Just click the link in the description, enter your email address, and I will send that worksheet to your inbox immediately. Okay, let's continue. Okay, plural nouns. By that, I mean not one dog, but two dogs. Dogs is the plural noun here. Now, the rules change slightly here because if the plural noun ends with an S, which it normally does, we simply add an apostrophe at the end. For example, they are my dogs' bowls. This sentence refers to two or more dogs and two or more bowls. Both tennis players' rackets were damaged. Again, this refers to two tennis players. My parents' house is in England, two parents. Over there is the students' classroom. Again, more than one student. In the plural, possessive sentences, we don't use an extra S and we don't pronounce an extra S either. We simply write a little apostrophe when we are writing the word. [... Due to character limit, the rest of this transcription is unavailable] * * * ► Thanks, as always, for your LIKES, COMMENTS and SHARES!! 🙏 🔴 SUBSCRIBE to if you want to learn advanced English grammar and pronunciation and master English conversation! Your British English Teacher, ~ Greg 😀 #EnglishWithGreg #LearnEnglish #EnglishVocabulary #EnglishGrammar #B2 #C1 #ESL