What does ‘s mean? – English Grammar Profiler
‘s firstly following proper noun as a possessive marker, or contracted ‘is‘. Then it could be ‘has‘ or the second part of a modal: ‘Let‘s go!’
- 1 ‘S (GE) 36030994 genetive
- 2 ‘S (VBZ) 24517319 is
- 5 ‘S (VHZ) 1063909 has
- 7 ‘S (VM22) 864498 ‘let’s not’ is B2
If we look at large Ngrams that are open with * 's * * * we see that ‘it is’ is most frequent.
1 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) +
GOING (VVGK) TO (TO) BE (VBI) 72951
2 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) A (AT1) LOT (NN1) OF (IO) 63412
ONE (MC1) OF (IO) THE (AT) 42763
A (AT1) GOOD (JJ) IDEA (NN1) 33650
5 LET (VM21) ‘S (VM22) TAKE (VVI) A (AT1) LOOK (NN1) 30680
6 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) NO (AT) NEED (NN1) TO (TO) 24677
NOT (XX) GOING (VVGK) TO (TO) 22075
8 MEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) AND (CC) WOMEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 18303
9 LET (VM21) ‘S (VM22) FACE (VVI) IT (PPH1) , (,) 17875
UP (II21) TO (II22) YOU (PPY) 17340
11 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) ONE (MC1) OF (IO) THE (AT) 16557
EASY (JJ) TO (TO) SEE (VVI) 16322
13 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) NOT (XX) TO (TO) SAY (VVI) 16104
14 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) WHY (RRQ) IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) 15086
A (AT1) GREAT (JJ) WAY (NN1) 14807
16 WHAT (DDQ) ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVG) ON (RP@) . (.) 13875
MPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) NOTE (VVI) 13441
18 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) A (AT1) GOOD (JJ) CHANCE (NN1) 13421
SAFE (JJ) TO (TO) SAY (VVI) 12993
20 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVGK) TO (TO) BE (VBI) 12926
21 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) NO (AT) WAY (NN1) TO (TO) 12857
NOT (XX) JUST (RR) THE (AT) 12770
23 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) A (AT1) LOT (NN1) OF (IO) 12632
ONE (MC1) OF (IO) THOSE (DD2) 12160
25 WHAT (DDQ) ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVG) ON (RP@) IN (II) 12115
ALL (DB_RR@) ABOUT (II) THE (AT) 12046
A (AT1) MATTER (NN1) OF (IO) 11789
28 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) NOTHING (PN1) WRONG (JJ_RR@) WITH (IW) 11716
ALSO (RR) IMPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) 11586 EASY (JJ) TO (TO) GET (VVI) 11511 IMPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) REMEMBER (VVI) 11452 A (AT1) LOT (NN1) OF (IO) 11449 TIME (NNT1) TO (TO) GET (VVI) 10901
JUST (RR) A (AT1) MATTER (NN1) 10818
35 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) THE (AT) CASE (NN1) , (,) 10781
36 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVGK) TO (TO) TAKE (VVI) 10776 37 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NOT (XX) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) 10712 38 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) VERY (RG) EASY (JJ) TO (TO) 10600
39 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NO (AT) SURPRISE (NN1) THAT (CST) 10562
40 HERE (RL) ‘S (VBZ) A (AT1) LOOK (NN1) AT (II) 10537
41 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) IMAGINE (VVI) 10520
42 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) A (AT1) BIT (NN1) OF (IO) 10355
43 LET (VM21) ‘S (VM22) LOOK (VVI) AT (II) THE (AT) 10287
44 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NOT (XX) JUST (RR21) ABOUT (RR22) 10253
45 WHAT (DDQ) ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVGK) TO (TO) HAPPEN (VVI) 10114
46 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) BELIEVE (VVI) 10095
47 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) NO (AT) REASON (NN1) TO (TO) 9863
48 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) A (AT1) GOOD (JJ) THING (NN1) 9750
49 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) IMPORTANT (JJ) THAT (CST) YOU (PPY) 9727
50 WHAT (DDQ) ‘S (VBZ) THE (AT) DIFFERENCE (NN1) BETWEEN (II) 9714
51 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VHZ) BEEN (VBN) A (AT1) WHILE (NNT1@) 9685 52 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) SAY (VVI) 9626 53 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) IMPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) KNOW (VVI) 9340 54 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) FAIR (JJ_RR@) TO (TO) SAY (VVI) 9258 55 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VHZ) BEEN (VBN) A (AT1) LONG (JJ) 9246
56 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NOT (XX) JUST (RR) A (AT1) 9121
57 HERE (RL) ‘S (VBZ) A (AT1) LIST (NN1) OF (IO) 9034
58 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) IMPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) UNDERSTAND (VVI) 8999
59 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) WHY (RRQ) I (PPIS1) ‘M (VBM) 8895 60 HE (PPHS1) ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVGK) TO (TO) BE (VBI) 8816
61 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) WHAT (DDQ) I (PPIS1) ‘M (VBM) 8784
62 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) HARD (RR) NOT (XX) TO (TO) 8582
63 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) SUPPOSED (JJ) TO (TO) BE (VBI) 8580
64 HE (PPHS1) ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) ONE (MC1) OF (IO) THE (AT) 8541
65 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) MORE (DAR) OF (IO) A (AT1) 8426 66 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) PART (NN1) OF (IO) THE (AT) 8178 67 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) GREAT (JJ) TO (TO) SEE (VVI) 8123 68 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) THE (AT) FIRST (MD) TIME (NNT1) 8112
69 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NOT (XX) EASY (JJ) TO (TO) 8019
70 WHAT (DDQ) ‘S (VBZ) MORE (RRR_DAR) , (,) THE (AT) 7949
71 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NO (AT) SECRET (NN1_JJ) THAT (CST) 7940
72 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) IMPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) KEEP (VVI) 7802
73 HERE (RL) ‘S (VBZ) WHAT (DDQ) YOU (PPY) NEED (VV0) 7797 74 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) WHY (RRQ) WE (PPIS2) ‘RE (VBR) 7736
75 LET (VM21) ‘S (VM22) START (VVI) WITH (IW) THE (AT) 7689
76 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) GON (VVGK) NA (TO) BE (VBI) 7620
77 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) IMPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) HAVE (VHI) 7603
78 THERE (EX) ‘S (VBZ) NO (AT) SUCH (DA) THING (NN1) 7497
79 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) FIND (VVI) 7455
80 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) NOT (XX) THE (AT) CASE (NN1) 7449
81 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) TIME (NNT1) TO (TO) START (VVI) 7437 82 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) TOO (RG) LATE (JJ) . (.) 7394 83 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) VERY (RG) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) 7385 84 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) SO (RG_RR) EASY (JJ) TO (TO) 7346 85 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) TELL (VVI) 7312 86 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NICE (JJ) TO (TO) HAVE (VHI) 7312 87 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) NICE (JJ) TO (TO) SEE (VVI) 7273
88 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) KIND (RR21%_NN1) OF (RR22_IO) A (AT1) 7262
89 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) WHAT (DDQ) WE (PPIS2) ‘RE (VBR) 7192
90 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) TIME (NNT1) FOR (IF) A (AT1) 7175 91 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) GET (VVI) 7131 92 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) UP (II21) TO (II22) THE (AT) 7082
93 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) IMPORTANT (JJ) TO (TO) BE (VBI) 7043
94 WHAT (DDQ) ‘S (VBZ) THE (AT) BEST (JJT) WAY (NN1) 6972
95 WHAT (DDQ) ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVG) ON (RP@) , (,) 6957
96 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) TIME (NNT1) FOR (IF) THE (AT) 6951 97 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) REALLY (RR) HARD (JJ) TO (TO) 6941
98 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) MUCH (RR_DA1) EASIER (JJR) TO (TO) 6881
99 HERE (RL) ‘S (VBZ) HOW (RRQ) IT (PPH1) WORKS (VVZ) 6802
100 IT (PPH1) ‘S (VBZ) THAT (DD1) TIME (NNT1) OF (IO) 6776
It is really hard to catch!
1 ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVGK) 271437 2 ‘S (VBZ) SOMETHING (PN1) 171869 3 ‘S (VBZ) NOTHING (PN1) 129764 4 ‘S (VBZ) GOING (VVG) 120600 5 ‘S (VBZ) BEING (VBG) 52717
6 ‘S (VBZ) DOING (VDG) 45472
7 ‘S (VBZ) HAPPENING (VVG) 43885 8 ‘S (GE) LEADING (JJ_VVG) 43170 9 ‘S (VBZ) GETTING (VVG) 41304 10 ‘S (VBZ) COMING (VVG) 36029 11 ‘S (VBZ) INTERESTING (JJ) 33668 12 ‘S (GE) LEADING (JJ) 28375 13 ‘S (VBZ) AMAZING (JJ) 27771 14 ‘S (VBZ) WORKING (VVG) 26003 15 ‘S (VBZ) LOOKING (VVG) 25764 16 ‘S (VBZ) TRYING (VVG) 22040 17 ‘S (GE) WEDDING (NN1) 19328 18 ‘S (VBZ) MAKING (VVG) 17749 19 ‘S (VBZ) HAPPENING (VVG_NN1) 16769 20 ‘S (VBZ) TAKING (VVG) 15998 21 ‘S (VBZ) ANYTHING (PN1) 15426 22 ‘S (GE) CLOTHING (NN1) 14067 23 ‘S (VBZ) TALKING (VVG) 13243 24 ‘S (VBZ) PLAYING (VVG) 13104 25 ‘S (VBZ) HAVING (VHG) 12972 26 ‘S (GE) TRAINING (NN1) 12775 27 ‘S (GE) EXISTING (JJ) 12503 28 ‘S (VBZ) SAYING (VVG) 12402 29 ‘S (GE) MARKETING (NN1) 12303 30 ‘S (VBZ) HOPING (VVG) 12006 31 ‘S (VBZ) BECOMING (VVG) 10760 32 ‘S (GE) ONGOING (JJ) 10564 33 ‘S (VBZ) AMAZING (JJ_VVG%) 10557 34 ‘S (VBZ) EXCITING (JJ) 10535 35 ‘S (VBZ) USING (VVG) 10515 36 ‘S (GE) GROWING (JJ) 9850 37 ‘S (VBZ) STARTING (VVG) 9834 38 ‘S (GE) MEETING (NN1) 9662 39 ‘S (GE_VBZ) LEADING (JJ_VVG) 9426 40 ‘S (GE) UPCOMING (JJ) 9265 41 ‘S (VBZ) CAUSING (VVG) 9046 42 ‘S (VBZ) EVERYTHING (PN1) 8753 43 ‘S (GE) UNDERSTANDING (NN1) 8516 44 ‘S (GE) LEARNING (NN1_VVG) 7745 45 ‘S (GE) LANDING (NN1_VVG) 7332 46 ‘S (GE) RULING (NN1_JJ) 7323 47 ‘S (VBZ) RUNNING (VVG) 6982 48 ‘S (GE) LEADING (VVG_JJ) 6893 49 ‘S (GE) BUILDING (NN1) 6868 50 ‘S (VBZ) TEMPTING (JJ) 6775 51 ‘S (VBZ) WILLING (JK) 6726 52 ‘S (GE) WRITING (NN1) 6681 53 ‘S (GE) HANDLING (NN1) 6547 54 ‘S (VBZ) FRUSTRATING (JJ) 6397 55 ‘S (VBZ) GIVING (VVG) 6324 56 ‘S (VBZ) WEARING (VVG) 6270 57 ‘S (GE) OPERATING (NN1_VVG) 6126 58 ‘S (GE) SPRING (NN1) 6121 59 ‘S (VBZ_GE) LEADING (VVG_JJ) 5891 60 ‘S (GE) OUTSTANDING (JJ) 5850 61 ‘S (VBZ) TELLING (VVG) 5728 62 ‘S (VBZ) MISSING (VVG_JJ) 5673 63 ‘S (VBZ) HOLDING (VVG) 5644 64 ‘S (GE) AMAZING (JJ) 5643 65 ‘S (GE) RING (NN1) 5483 66 ‘S (VBZ) SITTING (VVG) 5329 67 ‘S (VBZ) RAINING (VVG) 5026 68 ‘S (VBZ) MOVING (VVG) 4917 69 ‘S (GE) MANUFACTURING (NN1) 4817 70 ‘S (VBZ) RUNNING (VVG_JJ) 4732 71 ‘S (GE) AWARD-WINNING (JJ) 4703 72 ‘S (VBZ) PUTTING (VVG) 4691 73 ‘S (VBZ) ASKING (VVG) 4455 74 ‘S (VBZ) SHOWING (VVG) 4425 75 ‘S (GE) HOUSING (NN1_VVG) 4408 76 ‘S (GE) OPENING (NN1_VVG_JJ@) 4385 77 ‘S (GE) ENGINEERING (NN1) 4359 78 ‘S (VBZ) DRIVING (VVG) 4279 79 ‘S (VBZ) HELPING (VVG) 4252 80 ‘S (GE) HEARING (NN1) 4243 81 ‘S (VBZ) KEEPING (VVG) 4209 82 ‘S (GE) OPENING (NN1_JJ@) 4159 83 ‘S (GE) FUNDING (NN1) 4139 84 ‘S (GE) MORNING (NNT1) 4127 85 ‘S (GE) BEST-SELLING (JJ) 4122 86 ‘S (GE) STUNNING (JJ) 4122 87 ‘S (VBZ) WORKING (VVG_JJ@) 4050 88 ‘S (GE) WRITING (NN1_VVG) 4035 89 ‘S (GE) PARKING (NN1) 3975 90 ‘S (GE) KING (NN1) 3961 91 ‘S (GE_VBZ) EXISTING (JJ) 3891 92 ‘S (GE) WELL-BEING (NN1) 3849 93 ‘S (GE) OPERATING (NN1) 3838 94 ‘S (VBZ) SURPRISING (JJ) 3813 95 ‘S (GE) HOUSING (NN1) 3803 96 ‘S (GE) MEETING (NN1_VVG) 3789 97 ‘S (VBZ) FASCINATING (JJ) 3762 98 ‘S (GE) PLANNING (NN1_VVG) 3703 99 ‘S (GE) PAINTING (NN1) 3702
100 ‘S (GE_VBZ) UPCOMING (JJ) 3677
Preposition + Noun + ‘s
Here it is always the possessive marker.
1 OF (IO) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 60567 2 OF (IO) AMERICA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 41720 3 OF (IO) CANADA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 33891 4 OF (IO) AUSTRALIA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 30154 5 OF (IO) WOMEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 23094 6 IN (II) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 20856 7 OF (IO) CHILDREN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 16408 8 OF (IO) EUROPE (NP1) ‘S (GE) 15923 9 OF (IO) BRITAIN (NP1) ‘S (GE) 15633 10 OF (IO) TRUMP (NN1) ‘S (GE) 14978 11 OF (IO) LONDON (NP1) ‘S (GE) 14226 12 OF (IO) IRELAND (NP1) ‘S (GE) 13663 13 OF (IO) CHINA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 13269 14 IN (II) PEOPLE (NN) ‘S (GE) 12878 15 OF (IO) PEOPLE (NN) ‘S (GE) 12773 16 OF (IO) CHRIST (NP1) ‘S (GE) 12676 17 TO (II) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 12213 18 FOR (IF) WOMEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 11761 19 FOR (IF) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 11459 20 OF (IO) MEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 10734 21 IN (II) WOMEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 10342 22 OF (IO) LIFE (NN1) ‘S (GE) 10303 23 OF (IO) ENGLAND (NP1) ‘S (GE) 9537 24 ON (II) PEOPLE (NN) ‘S (GE) 8738 25 OF (IO) MAN (NN1) ‘S (GE) 8636 26 FOR (IF) CHILDREN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 8491 27 OF (IO) ALZHEIMER (NP1) ‘S (GE) 8313 28 IN (II) SATURDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 8252 29 OF (IO) EARTH (NN1) ‘S (GE) 8201 30 IN (II) SUNDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 7716 31 IN (II) LONDON (NP1) ‘S (GE) 7483 32 AT (II) LONDON (NP1) ‘S (GE) 7363 33 TO (II) PEOPLE (NN) ‘S (GE) 7113 34 WITH (IW) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 7075 35 IN (II) CANADA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6983 36 OF (IO) SCOTLAND (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6963 37 OF (IO) INDIA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6925 38 OF (IO) APPLE (NN1) ‘S (GE) 6924 39 OF (IO) ISRAEL (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6896 40 OF (IO) CALIFORNIA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6838 41 IN (II) CHILDREN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 6703 42 BY (II) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6698 43 IN (II) AUSTRALIA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6680 44 WITH (IW) ALZHEIMER (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6651 45 OF (IO) SHAKESPEARE (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6497 46 OF (IO) JAPAN (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6378 47 IN (II) AMERICA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6317 48 OF (IO) RUSSIA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6095 49 OF (IO) TORONTO (NP1) ‘S (GE) 6014 50 OF (IO) NATURE (NN1) ‘S (GE) 6001 51 OF (IO) GOOGLE (NP1_NN1) ‘S (GE) 5903 52 ON (II) VALENTINE (NP1) ‘S (GE) 5878 53 IN (II) MEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 5699 54 TO (II) CHILDREN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 5649 55 OF (IO) CHICAGO (NP1) ‘S (GE) 5517 56 TO (II) WOMEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 5432 57 FOR (IF) VALENTINE (NP1) ‘S (GE) 5304 58 ON (II) WOMEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 5288 59 AT (II) QUEEN (NP1@_NN1) ‘S (GE) 5155 60 OF (IO) GERMANY (NP1) ‘S (GE) 5073 61 TO (II) AMERICA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 5019 62 ON (II) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4929 63 OF (IO) OBAMA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4914 64 IN (II) CHINA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4852 65 TO (II) TRUMP (NN1) ‘S (GE) 4820 66 OF (IO) EDUCATION (NN1) ‘S (GE) 4805 67 OF (IO) MICROSOFT (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4780 68 OF (IO) STATE (NN1_NP1@) ‘S (GE) 4724 69 AT (II) KING (NP1@_NN1) ‘S (GE) 4697 70 TO (II) CANADA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4660 71 IN (II) FRIDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 4651 72 OF (IO) FLORIDA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4592 73 OF (IO) FRANCE (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4587 74 FOR (IF) AMERICA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4543 75 WITH (IW) PARKINSON (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4291 76 FOR (IF) MEN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 4284 77 OF (IO) ITALY (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4267 78 FOR (IF) SATURDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 4257 79 OF (IO) PAUL (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4227 80 AT (II) CHILDREN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 4213 81 FOR (IF) MOTHER (NN1) ‘S (GE) 4159 82 OF (IO) KING (NN1_NP1@) ‘S (GE) 4119 83 OF (IO) HOLLYWOOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4113 84 IN (II) TUESDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 4058 85 AT (II) ARM (NN1) ‘S (GE) 4048 86 FOR (IF) SUNDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 4033 87 OF (IO) ONTARIO (NP1) ‘S (GE) 4003 88 OF (IO) SYDNEY (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3981 89 IN (II) SYDNEY (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3952 90 TO (II) AUSTRALIA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3949 91 FROM (II) GOD (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3938 92 OF (IO) WASHINGTON (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3862 93 OF (IO) MEXICO (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3834 94 ON (II) CHILDREN (NN2) ‘S (GE) 3818 95 OF (IO) PARKINSON (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3758 96 FOR (IF) CANADA (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3720 97 OF (IO) MELBOURNE (NP1) ‘S (GE) 3687 98 IN (II) THURSDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 3643 99 OF (IO) SATURDAY (NPD1) ‘S (GE) 3536
100 ON (II) MOTHER (NN1) ‘S (GE) 3517