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Practical English Grammar


Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case


Indefinite pronouns form the possessive by adding an apostrophe and an
‘‘s’’ after the word.

    Is this someone’s backpack?
    May I ask everyone’s help here?
    Somebody’s cell phone is ringing; please answer it in the other room.
    We would like to hear another’s opinion.
    The other’s situation is much different.

If you use the word else after anybody, nobody, or somebody, place the apostrophe
and the ‘‘s’’ after else, not after anybody, nobody, or somebody.
This is somebody else’s radio, not mine.
Your business is nobody else’s concern.

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. compound subjects part two
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3. Quotation Marks Part Three
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4. the noun
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. the adverb
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7. Using Capital Letters
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8. Confusing usage words part six
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9. the indirect object
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10. the adjective phrase
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11. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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12. Confusing usage words part three
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13. The Apostrophe
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14. introducing phrases
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15. the verb
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16. The Semicolon
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17. the preposition
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18. complete and simple subjects
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19. introducing clauses
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20. the adjective clause
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21. Second Capitalization List
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22. the pronoun
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23. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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24. the object of the preposition
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25. the appositive
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26. Confusing usage words part two
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27. the adjective
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28. what good writers do
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29. More Apostrophe Situations
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30. the participle and participial phrase
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31. the noun clause
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32. Sound alike words part one
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33. The Colon
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34. the adverb phrase
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35. the adverb clause
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36. the subordinating conjunction
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37. the direct object
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38. The possessive case
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39. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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40. subject verb agreement situations
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41. types of sentences by purpose
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42. personal pronouns
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43. irregular verbs part two
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44. The possessive case and pronouns
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45. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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46. Commas Part Five
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47. The verb be
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48. More subject verb agreement situations
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49. Confusing usage words part four
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50. Confusing usage words part seven
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