What is an inappropriate shift?
A shift in tense without reason distorts the sequence of events being described and will confuse your reader. For example, if you begin a description with a verb in the past tense, do not switch to a verb in the present tense.
Which sentence contains an inappropriate shift in person?
The sentence that contains an inappropriate shift in person is the last one. Instead of a waiter, we should say waiters (Some actors work as waiters…). Actors is a plural noun and it should be followed by a plural noun.
What’s a pronoun shift?
A pronoun shift is a grammatical error in which the author starts a sentence, paragraph, or section of a paper using one particular type of pronoun and then suddenly shifts to another. This often confuses the reader.
Is Possessive a pronoun?
Possessive pronouns show that something belongs to someone. The possessive pronouns are my, our, your, his, her, its, and their. There’s also an “independent” form of each of these pronouns: mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, and theirs. Possessive pronouns are never spelled with apostrophes.
Who are possessive pronouns?
Whose is a pronoun used in questions to ask who owns something or has something. In other words, whose is about possession. That’s what the apostrophe indicates in who’s, and that’s why whose is the possessive form of the pronoun .
What are singular possessive pronouns?
Possessive Pronouns
- number: singular (e.g: mine) or plural (e.g: ours)
- person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (e.g: yours) or 3rd person (e.g: his)
- gender: male (his), female (hers)
What is the singular possessive of man?
Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns
| A | B |
|---|---|
| man | man’s |
| men | men’s |
| horse | horse’s |
| horses | horses’ |
What is the possessive form of girl?
When a plural noun ends in s, form the possessive by adding an apostrophe. For example, girls -> girls’.
What is the possessive nouns of woman and man?
Regular & Irregular Possessive Plural Forms
| Irregular Plurals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Possessive Singular | Plural |
| man | man’s | men |
| woman | woman’s | women |
| child | child’s | children |
What is the singular possessive of wife?
The possessive of the singular wife is “wife’s”: your wife’s car. If you had more than one wife (rather unlikely) you would have “wives” and if they had more than one car it would be “your wives’ cars.”
What is the possessive form of kite?
Singular nouns are made possessive by adding an apostrophe and then an s. example: The boy’s kite flew high in the sky. Plural possessives are formed by adding an apostrophe after the s. example: The girls’ kite flew high in the sky.
What is the possessive form of teeth?
In other words, teeth is an irregular plural. To show ownership for an irregular plural, add an apostrophe and then the letter s (teeth’s). Check out these examples: teeth’s cavities (The cavities belong to the teeth.)
Is teeth a possessive noun?
Teeth’s is the possessive plural and Tooth’s the singular possessive.