‘s (ELLIPTED NOUN) – English Grammar Profiler

C2 point 69 in DETERMINERS/possessives is defined as:

‘s without a following noun when the noun has already been mentioned or is obvious in the context.

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The examples in the EGP both contain a possessive adjective too, so we will use this here to help highlight out grammar.

_AP _N ‘s

1 HIS FATHER’S.

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That lightsaber was Luke‘s, and his father‘s before him, and now it calls to you!

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2 HER HUSBAND ‘S . 185 3 HER MOTHER ‘S . 163 4 MY MOTHER ‘S . 160 5 MY WIFE ‘S . 150 6 MY DAD ‘S . 150 7 MY FATHER ‘S . 144 8 HER FATHER ‘S . 140 9 HIS MOTHER ‘S . 128 10 MY HUSBAND ‘S . 113 11 MY MOM ‘S . 112

12 HIS WIFE ‘S . 105

13 YOUR OPPONENT ‘S . 98 (B2 vocabulary)

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Everything you do should be about maintaining your board presence and controlling your opponent’s.

14 MY SON ‘S . 87 15 YOUR PARTNER ‘S . 83 16 YOUR NEIGHBOR ‘S . 82 17 HIS BROTHER ‘S . 81 18 MY DAUGHTER ‘S . 75 19 MY MASTER ‘S . 72 20 YOUR CHILD ‘S . 72 21 MY SISTER ‘S . 63 22 MY FRIEND ‘S . 56 23 MY BROTHER ‘S . 55 24 MY GRANDMOTHER ‘S . 55 25 HIS DAD ‘S . 55 26 HIS SON ‘S . 55 27 YOUR BABY ‘S . 55 28 YOUR FATHER ‘S . 53 29 YOUR COMPETITOR ‘S . 52 30 OUR FAQ ‘S . 50 31 HER BROTHER ‘S . 48 32 HER SISTER ‘S . 48 33 YOUR FAMILY ‘S . 48 34 HER SON ‘S . 46 35 THEIR MOTHER ‘S . 42 36 MY FAMILY ‘S . 42 37 HER DAUGHTER ‘S . 40 38 YOUR SPOUSE ‘S . 40 39 YOUR MASTER ‘S . 38 40 YOUR MOTHER ‘S . 38 41 HIS MASTER ‘S . 35 42 ITS PREDECESSOR ‘S . 34 43 THEIR PC ‘S . 34 44 YOUR CHILDREN ‘S . 34 45 THEIR CHILDREN ‘S . 33 46 MY MUM ‘S . 33 47 THEIR GCSE ‘S . 32 48 YOUR FRIEND ‘S . 32 49 HIS SISTER ‘S . 30 50 YOUR COMPANY ‘S . 29 51 HER MASTER ‘S . 28 52 HER GRANDMOTHER ‘S . 28 53 HIS PREDECESSOR ‘S . 28 54 YOUR BROTHER ‘S . 28 55 THEIR FATHER ‘S . 27 56 MY PC ‘S . 27 57 MY GRANDMA ‘S . 26 58 THEIR PARTNER ‘S . 26 59 YOUR PJ ‘S . 26 60 MY GRANDFATHER ‘S . 25 61 YOUR WIFE ‘S . 25 62 THEIR ABC ‘S . 24 63 MY BACHELOR ‘S . 24 64 HIS FRIEND ‘S . 24 65 YOUR BACHELOR ‘S . 24 66 HIS MOM ‘S . 23 67 THEIR CHILD ‘S . 22 68 HIS DAUGHTER ‘S . 22 69 HER DAD ‘S . 22 70 YOUR SON ‘S . 22 71 HER FAMILY ‘S . 21 72 YOUR CUSTOMER ‘S . 21 73 YOUR DAUGHTER ‘S . 21 74 YOUR ENEMY ‘S . 21 75 THEIR EX ‘S . 20 76 THEIR OPPONENT ‘S . 20 77 THEIR LIFE ‘S . 20 78 HIS OPPONENT ‘S . 20 79 HIS FAMILY ‘S . 20 80 YOUR CLIENT ‘S . 20 81 YOUR MOM ‘S . 20 82 YOUR PROJECT ‘S . 20 83 HIS GRANDFATHER ‘S . 19 84 MY CROHN ‘S . 19 85 MY GO-TO ‘S . 18 86 MY EX ‘S . 18 87 YOUR VIDEO ‘S . 18 88 THEIR BACHELOR ‘S . 17 89 THEIR FAMILY ‘S . 17 90 THEIR MASTER ‘S . 17 91 OUR LIFE ‘S . 17 92 MY UNCLE ‘S . 17 93 HER MUM ‘S . 17 94 HER MOM ‘S . 17 95 MY CHILDREN ‘S . 16 96 HER FRIEND ‘S . 16 97 MY NEIGHBOR ‘S . 16 98 YOUR ABC ‘S . 16 99 YOUR SITE ‘S . 16

100 OUR PC ‘S . 15

_N ‘s .

*most of these below are set phrases such as St. John’s (church).  Others are just incorrect.

1 ALZHEIMER ‘S . 5105 2 JOHN ‘S . 3768 3 MCDONALD ‘S . 2657 4 PARKINSON ‘S . 2003 5 MARY ‘S . 1740 6 YEAR ‘S . 1483 7 CD ‘S . 1167 8 PC ‘S . 1126 9 TV ‘S . 1120 10 JOE ‘S . 1070 11 GOD ‘S . 1048 12 MACY ‘S . 925 13 DVD ‘S . 889 14 RPM ‘S . 881 15 CHILDREN ‘S . 873 16 MEN ‘S . 851 17 PAUL ‘S . 836 18 LOWE ‘S . 826 19 LED ‘S . 794 20 WOMEN ‘S . 770 21 FATHER ‘S . 745 22 QUEEN ‘S . 710 23 MOTHER ‘S . 682 24 MAN ‘S . 629 25 MASTER ‘S . 610 26 PETER ‘S . 587 27 LORD ‘S . 551 28 PEOPLE ‘S . 539 29 MICHAEL ‘S . 501 30 SAINSBURY ‘S . 493 31 RV ‘S . 477 32 DJ ‘S . 469 33 ASPERGER ‘S . 456 34 WENDY ‘S . 409 35 PHOTO ‘S . 402 36 EARTH ‘S . 400 37 GEORGE ‘S . 398 38 JOSEPH ‘S . 381 39 MICROSOFT ‘S . 379 40 CROHN ‘S . 373 41 PRO ‘S . 371 42 TRUMP ‘S . 371 43 HUSBAND ‘S . 369 44 LUKE ‘S . 353 45 CHILD ‘S . 343 46 SOTHEBY ‘S . 342 47 KOHL ‘S . 341 48 MOODY ‘S . 331 49 OS ‘S . 330 50 KING ‘S . 328 51 WIFE ‘S . 327 52 NPC ‘S . 325 53 AMERICA ‘S . 318 54 IT ‘S . 310 55 M&M ‘S . 303 56 LEVI ‘S . 300 57 FRIEND ‘S . 298 58 TIFFANY ‘S . 297 59 COMPANY ‘S . 295 60 JERRY ‘S . 292 61 DAD ‘S . 289 62 OTHER ‘S . 289 63 WOMAN ‘S . 286 64 SUV ‘S . 281 65 BB ‘S . 276 66 SON ‘S . 276 67 DENNY ‘S . 273 68 RBI ‘S . 264 69 BROTHER ‘S . 263 70 CPU ‘S . 255 71 MACLEAN ‘S . 254 72 DAVID ‘S . 254 73 FAMILY ‘S . 252 74 OBAMA ‘S . 242 75 PERSON ‘S . 242 76 AREA ‘S . 241 77 CHRIST ‘S . 240 78 CLINTON ‘S . 240 79 FAQ ‘S . 238 80 GUY ‘S . 233 81 BABY ‘S . 232 82 CHRISTIE ‘S . 231 83 PAT ‘S . 231 84 LP ‘S . 230 85 ANDREW ‘S . 230 86 VIDEO ‘S . 230 87 DOMINO ‘S . 229 88 MARTIN ‘S . 228 89 MOM ‘S . 222 90 SAM ‘S . 219 91 BBQ ‘S . 215 92 CHINA ‘S . 212 93 CABELA ‘S . 211 94 SISTER ‘S . 204 95 OPPONENT ‘S . 202 96 DAUGHTER ‘S . 199 97 NEIGHBOR ‘S . 199 98 APPLE ‘S . 198 99 MARK ‘S . 195

100 SMITH ‘S . 194