POSSESSIVE 'S EXPLANATION

POSSESSIVE CASE

Look at the way to express that someone owns something.

With persons:
Singular: 's	Plural: s'
This is Tom's bike.	This is the boys' bikes.
This is Kathy's mother.	This is the girls' mum.
With things:
of
The colour of the table is black.	The second chapter of this book.

Animals, towns and countries: either: ...'s/...s' or: the ... of ...:

New York’s taxis – the taxis of New York;

the lion’s teeth – the teeth of the lion;

Germany’s big cities – the big cities of Germany