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What is the Singular Possessive Form of Class?

Answer – The singular possessive form of the noun class is class’s.

Explanation:

The possessive form of a noun is used to indicate the ownership of that noun. It is usually indicated by the addition of an apostrophe and an s (‘s). For instance, in the phrase the dog’s bone, dog’s is the possessive noun and marks out the dog as the owner of the bone.

A large number of nouns are made plural with the addition of an s at the end. In these cases, the possessive form is achieved by the addition of only an apostrophe (‘) at the end, without the s. Thus, it would be the girls’ books and not the girls’s books (the girls being the owners of the books).

Frequently, there arises confusion in cases where singular nouns end in s, for instance class. In such cases, the rule for the singular possessive form remains. Therefore, the possessive form of the singular noun class is class’s

The rule for the plural nouns ending in s cannot be applied in these cases. Thus, the iteration class’ is wrong. (The plural possessive version of the noun would, however, be classes’).


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