āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
possessive
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possessive
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤
displaying excessive attachment or control over people or things they consider their own
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The possessive mother constantly monitored her child's activities, fearing they would get hurt.
āĻāĻ§āĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻŽāĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻšāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He made a mistake by adding an extra possessive apostrophe to the plural noun.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
having a strong desire to own or control something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The manager was possessive about his project ideas.
Possessive
01
the grammatical case used to show ownership or a relationship of belonging
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
" The cat's toy " uses the possessive to show the toy belongs to the cat.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
possessively
possessiveness
possessive
possess
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