Chapter Summary
In this chapter, you learned the importance of using a dictionary for spellings of compound nouns. Sometimes compound nouns change in form as their use becomes more prevalent.

You also learned about the case of nouns. A noun acting as a subject in a sentence, as an appositive, or as a subject complement is in the nominative case. A noun acting as a direct object, indirect object, or as an object of a preposition or infinitive is in the objective case.

In this chapter, the emphasis is on the possessive case of nouns. The possessive case noun shows ownership, or it shows a relationship between two nouns. An apostrophe and s ('s) or an apostrophe (') indicates a possessive noun. In addition to studying the rules for forming possessives of singular, plural, and irregular nouns, you also learned how to show separate and joint ownership and how to form possessives of compound nouns. An understanding of the possessive case is important in writing clearly and correctly.

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Bonus Exercise

Objective: Identify singular and plural possessive nouns.

1. Look up the following terms on two or more of the search engines listed above. digital signatures voice recognition technology banner ads
2. Print one article that is of interest to you.
3. Working from the printout, choose one paragraph. Underline possessive nouns twice. Write "S" above the possessive noun if the noun is possessive singular. Write "P" above the possessive noun if the noun is possessive plural.
4. Write a topic sentence about a subject in the printed article. Write two additional sentences about the subject. Underline any compound nouns once and underline any possessive nouns twice. Circle any plural nouns.

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