In the fragment “Bell's extensive range of genius” (l. 24), the use of the apostrophe plus s (’s) indicates
Select the option that properly expresses possession:
The way to form possessives in English is to add ‘s to regular singular nouns and noncount nouns and irregular plural nouns not ending in s or to add an apostrophe after the s ending of regular plural nouns and after singular/noncount nouns ending in the sound /s/ to form ‘s.
Celse-Murcia (2013) affirms that, besides possession, the genitive form can indicate:
The sentence that correctly indicates an example of a genitive case is:
Read the sentences below and determine whether they are true ( T ) or false ( F ), according to structure and grammar use.
( ) grandmother’s generation and Chloe’s age group (paragraph 4), the (‘s) are examples of the genitive case.
( ) The pronouns themselves, they and, their (in bold in the 3rd paragraph of the text) are respectively: reflexive pronoun, subject pronoun and possessive pronoun.
( ) The underlined words in the text biggest and better are adjectives in the superlative and comparative form, respectively.
( ) In It’s changed my social life completely, the (‘s) is the contracted form of has.
( ) The discourse marker on the other hand (in the 4th paragraph of the text), is being used to show a logical connection.
Select the option that presents the correct sequence from top to bottom.