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DEVELOPMENT,GRAMMAR,PRONUNCIATION,ENUNCIATION,  \nAND THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES  \nOF EFFECTIVE ORAL  \nEXPRESSION  \nBY  \nESTELLE B.HUNTER,PH.B.  \nLESSON ELEVEN  \nTHE BETTER-SPEECH INSTITUTE  \nOF AMERICA  \n307 North Michigan Avenue,Chicago,U.S.A.  \nCONTENTS  \nPage  \n……………………………………3  \nGRAMMAR . …………………………………………  \nSingular Possessive of Nouns  \nPlural Possessive of Nouns  \nSummary of Rules  \nThe Compound Possessive  \nPossessive of Inanimate Things  \nPossessive Forms of Pronouns  \nPossessive with Ing Words  \n……………………11  \nENUNCIATION …………………………………………………  \nEnunciation Exercise ll-A  \nEnunciation Exercise 11-B  \nEnunciation Exercise 1l-C  \n……………………………13  \nPRONUNCIATION………………………………………………………………  \nPronunciation Exercise ll-A  \nPronunciation Exercise 11-B  \nPronunciation Exercise 11-C  \n……………………………………17  \nVoCABULARY DEVELOPMENT……………  \nEFFECTIVE EXPRESSION …………………………………  \n…………………………………………20  \nExERCISES FOR LESSON ELEVEN ………………………………………………………………………………24  \nANSWERS TO EXERCISES . · ………………  \n……………………………29  \nPRINTED IN U.S. A.  \nTHE BETTER-SPEECH INSTITUTE OF AMERICA  \n1933,1935,1936,1938  \nCHICAGO  \n# PRACTICAL ENGLISHAND EFFECTIVE SPEECH\n\nLESSON ELEVEN  \nGRAMMAR  \nN PRECEDING lessons we have spoken of inflection,or varia-tions in the form of a word according to its construction ormeaning.We have studied the inflection of nouns and pro-nouns to show person and number,and we have considered twophases of case—the nominative and the objective.A third,thepossessive case,has to do with the ways in which words are inflectedor changed to show possession.  \n# SINGULAR POSSESSIVE OF NOUNS\n\nFirst of all,let us consider the methods of showing possessionfor a single person or thing.You will remember the old rule:Singular nouns show possession by the addition of an apostrophe(')and an s to the subject or nominative form.In each of thefollowing examples only one person or thing is indicated.  \n# POSSESSIVE OF SINGULAR NOUNS\n\nNominative FormPossessive Form(one)boy(one)boy's hat(one)fox(one)fox's tail(one)deer(one)deer's antlers(one)lady(one)lady's beads(one)thief(one)thief's gun(one)turkey(one)turkey's wings(one)man(one)man's voice(Miss)Wilson(Miss)Wilson's radio(Mr.)Schultz(Mr.)Schultz's car  \nSome proper names,as well as some common nouns,end in sin the singular nominative form.Such words are provided forby the following rule:When a singular form ends in s,the pos-sessive is formed by adding an apostrophe and an s or simply anapostrophe.In other words,the possessive of singular nouns end-ing in s may be formed just as the possessive of other singular nounsis formed,although the apostrophe alone may be used if desired.The words in the list below show both methods of forming the pos-sessive of singulars ending in s.  \n# POSSESSIVE OF SINGULARS ENDING IN S\n\nNominative FormPossessive Form(one)princess(one)princess's or princess'(one)class(one)class's or class'(Mr.)Jones(Mr.)Jones's or Jones'(Mr.)Rogers(Mr.)Rogers's or Rogers'(Mr.)Cortes(Mr.)Cortes's or Cortes'(Mr.)Stradivarius(Mr.)Stradivarius's or  \nStradivarius'  \nIf you will repeat aloud the possessive forms of the wordsabove,you will notice how much more difficult it is to sayStradivarius's than it is to say Stradivarius'.All long names end-ing in s,x,or z sound awkward when we add both the apostropheand the s for the possessive;therefore the general practice is toadd only an apostrophe to such names.  \n# PLURAL POSSESSIVE OF NOUNS\n\nNow let us consider the possessive forms of plural nouns.Therule is:When the plural form ends in s,the possessive is formedby adding an apostrophe only;otherwise both the apostrophe andthe s are added.Perhaps this rule will be clearer if we considerits two parts separately.First,let us study some examples whichillustrate the use of an apostrophe only,since the plural formsend in s.  \nPOSSESSIVE OF NOUNS WHOSE PLURALS END IN 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