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When we use else with these words, the âs is added to else: Why didnât you come? Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous? btScript.src = '//idmgroup-com.videoplayerhub.com/videoloader.js'; { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195466', size: [728, 90] }}, No, Tobi, it is correct. document.head.appendChild(btScript); { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971066', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, const customGranularity = { The airline promise they will be here this evening. "authorizationTimeout": 10000 { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, {code: 'ad_rightslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, Case B: John is âa friend of Jimâs â means that John is one of Jimâs friends. "authorization": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ja/auth/info?rid=READER_ID&url=CANONICAL_URL&ref=DOCUMENT_REFERRER&type=&v1=&v2=&v3=&v4=british-grammar&_=RANDOM", googletag.pubads().setTargeting("sfr", "cdo_dict_british-grammar"); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195452', size: [336, 280] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, }, With compound nouns, we add âs to the final noun: My sister-in-lawâs friend came with us. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, 'min': 8.50, addPrebidAdUnits(pbAdUnits); { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_topslot' }}, I am a friend of his. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387232' }}, ga('create', 'UA-31379-3',{cookieDomain:'dictionary.cambridge.org',siteSpeedSampleRate: 10}); 'min': 3.05, -- you buy that opinion , then I think that people who personally know Her Majesty would say, "I am a friend of Queen Elizabeth 's ." { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_Billboard' }}, In Case B, John is just one of Jimâs (possibly) many friends. } googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_dc", "british-grammar"); { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971067', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot1' }}]}]; Sometimes when we first mention a noun, we use of, and later when we refer to it again, we use âs: The mountains of Pakistan are mostly in the north. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [160, 600] }}, initAdSlotRefresher(); bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776156', position: 'atf' }}, "sign-up": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pl/auth/signup?rid=READER_ID", bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195453', size: [320, 100] }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195466', size: [728, 90] }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446384' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, We use apostrophe s (âs), also called possessive âs, as a determiner to show that something belongs to someone or something: We can also use it in complex noun phrases (underlined): Greg is her youngest daughterâs husband. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971080', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '1666926', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot_mobile_flex' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting('cdo_alc_pr', pl_p.split(",")); children, men, people, women): The childrenâs parents decided which university they would go to. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [120, 600] }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_leftslot_160x600' }}, iasLog("criterion : cdo_pc = dictionary"); _____ , they can often look cheap and nasty. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776160', position: 'atf' }}, Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous? { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, At least one hundred of them are above 7,000 metres ⦠Most of Pakistanâs mountains are in the spectacular Karakoram range. 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