Chart of Possessive Forms of Regular and Irregular Nouns

 

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REGULAR NOUNS
SINGULAR NOUN SINGULAR POSSESSIVE PLURAL NOUN PLURAL POSSESSIVE
       
parent parent's parents parents'
cousin cousin's cousins cousins'
sister sister's sisters sisters'
   

IRREGULAR NOUNS
SINGULAR NOUN SINGULAR POSSESSIVE PLURAL NOUN PLURAL POSSESSIVE

wife wife's wives wives'
family family's families families'
child child's children children's
person person's people people's
Mr. Radley Mr. Radley's the Radleys the Radleys'

Notice the small differences between the singular possessive and the plural noun. Notice the small differences between the plural noun and the plural possessive.  Notice the differences between a regular plural noun's possessive form, and some irregular plural nouns' possessive forms.

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