名词的所有格形式
A.s用在单数名词以及不以s结尾的复数名词之后:
a mans job男人的活儿
the peoples choice人民的选择
mens work男人的工作
the crews quarters船员的舱房
a womans intuition女子的直觉
the horses mouth马嘴
the butchers(shop)肉店
the bulls horns公牛角
the childs voice孩子的声音
womens clothes妇女的服装
the childrens room孩子们的房间
Russias exports俄国的出口
B .省字撇()用于以s结尾的复数名词之后:
a girls school一所女子学校
the students hostel学生招待所
the eagles nest鹰巢
the Smiths car史密斯家的小汽车
C. 以s结尾的古希腊或罗马的姓名之后通常也只加省字撇():
PythagorasTheorem毕达哥拉斯定理
ArchimedesLaw阿基米德原理
Sophoclesplays索福克勒斯的戏剧
D. 以s结尾的其他姓氏之后可以用s或单独使用省字撇():
Mr Joness/Mr Jones house琼斯先生的房子
Yeatss/Yeatspoems叶芝的诗
E. 复合名词是在最后一个词之后加s以构成其所有格形式:
my brother-in-laws guitar我姐 /妹夫的吉他
由几个词组成的名字可同样处理:
Henry the Eighths wives亨利八世的妻子们
the Prince of Waless helicopter威尔士王储的直升机
s也可用在首字母缩写词之后:
the PMs(Prime Ministers) secretary首相的秘书
the MPs(Member of Parliaments) briefcase议员的公事包the VIPs(Very Important Persons) escort要人的护送(摩托)队注意:使用所有格形式时,被拥有的人或物之前的定冠词就不用了:
the daughter of the politician=the politicians daughter这位政治家的女儿
the intervention of America=Americas intervention美国的干预
the plays of Shakespeare=Shakespeares plays莎士比亚的戏剧
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