Answer:
Possessive case of a plural noun ending in -s:
- I didn't have the time to wash the girls' dresses.
Possessive case of a plural noun not ending in -s:
- People's manners have greatly improved after the workshop on empathy.
Explanation:
The possessive case, also known as the genitive case, usually consists in the addition of 's to the ending of a noun to indicate that that noun is the possessor of something. For example: Sheila's books. / Erica's mother. / John's letters.
<u>When the noun already ends in -s in its plural form, all we need to do is add the apostrophe to indicate the possessive case:</u>
- I didn't have the time to wash the girls' dresses.
<u>When the noun has a plural form that does not end in -s, we need to add 's just like we would to its singular form:</u>
- People's manners have greatly improved after the workshop on empathy.
They are delighted and eager to be together
<span>Dear J.K. Rowling
I really appreciated your book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". The serious tone Harry uses when speaking truly underlines dire times felt within the wizarding world. I could never find the right words to use when setting my plot, but I was truly inspired by your use of diction to control the tempo of a long narrative. This tempo control ran throughout the text, emotionally tying specific plot devices to the perspective of a character and framing their state of being.
In conclusion, I hope my writing can glimpse a shadow of your craft. When I write in first person, as you did with Harry, I often now compare my use of language to your descriptive tendencies and search for improvements. Not writing extremely long sentences, or using out of character phrasing, but instead giving just enough detail to paint a vivid picture. If this gets to you, I hope you can write me back, I've attatched a pdf of a recent poem and hope you can give me some notes.
Thank you,
Sincerly...</span>
