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Definition of Possessives
1. possessive [n] - See also: possessive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possessives
Literary usage of Possessives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers (1893)
"The possessives are formed from the stems of the personal pronouns of the first and
... The declension of the possessives is the same as that of the strong ..."
2. A Practical German Grammar by Calvin Thomas (1895)
"Each of the possessives forms, further, a derivative stem in ig (unfer and euer
losing their e before the suffix), which is used only after ber and has also ..."
3. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs (1921)
"As you doubtless know, all such words are called "possessives. ... Show that all
the possessives except "yours" in the sentences above are adjective ..."
4. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney, Florence Vane Skeffington (1921)
"As you doubtless know, all such words are called " possessives. ... Show that
all the possessives except " yours " in the sentences above are adjective ..."
5. The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown (1851)
"... UNDER RULE IV; OF possessives. ... possessives CONNECTED. " It was necessary
to have both the ..."
6. The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of by Goold Brown (1861)
"possessives. A noun or a pronoun in the Possessive case, is governed by the name
of the thing possessed ; as, " Theirs is the vanity, the learning thine ..."
7. The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of by Goold Brown, Henry Kiddle (1873)
"possessives. sA noun or a pronoun in the Possessive case, is gor- •^ erned by
the name of the thing possessed; as, " Theirs is the vanity, the learning ..."
8. The Institutes of English Grammar Methodically Arranged: With Forms of by Goold Brown, Henry Kiddle (1873)
"To what purpose can he transpose a sentence, who does not first see what it means,
and how to explain or parse it as it stands 1 EULE XIX.—possessives. ..."
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