Possessive 's' (Unit 6)

[AnnyAnn]

The red s- means the possessive meaning & the blue one is the verb to be.

[Gourdet B.James]

My name is james I am Haitian I from Port-au-Prince it's the capital city of Haiti my country is the first blacks independent Republic in the world but I am very proud of my country like many people that are so proud about their country too. My mother tongue is creole but many people in my country speak and write french very well some of them speak english fluently too, our life is not too easy in Haiti. her historics places are beautifull but in to most of places there are the statue of the heros independance.

[Torsten]

Hi James,

Many thanks for joining our forum and posting your personal profile which is very interesting. I've made a few suggestions in bold:

[Gourdet B.James]

Hello Mrs. Torsten I'm sorry to have make a mistake beacause I did not see what the question mained exactly. but sorry Mrs. the question it was not dificult.

The red to show us the owner of thing
Ex. the car of John (John's car)

The blue To showus the contaction of verb to
Ex.she is my wife ( she's my wife) .It Is my car(It's my car)

[Torsten]

Hi James,

That's exactly right! Thanks a lot for your quick response. By the way, I was very glad to read the text about Port-au-Prince and would like to learn more about you and your country.

I look forward to your next messages.
Regards,
Torsten
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[Alnarjesi]

dear Torsten:
hello
I think the red coler is indicator possessive 's' .
and we must to know is difrence withbeen 's'blue and 's'red .

[Maria Lúcia]

Dear Torsten,

He's an engineer. She's a student. - are contractions of he is and she is - To Be- 3rd person singular.
Her husband's name... Sarah's boyfriend... are possessive case.
Thank you Torsten, the lessons are always good and easy to understand !
Maria Lúcia

[Torsten]

Dear Ehsan and Maria,

You are absolutely right -- the blue "s" is the short form of "is" while the red "s" is the so called "possessive s". Many thanks for doing such an excellent job. Keep up the great work!
Regards,
Torsten
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[Juliafekete]

Hy!

Answer for Lesson 6, possessives.
The "s" is red in the text when is the possessive s and it is blue when it is the short form of "is".

Julia

[Livia]

Hi Torsten,
Why do you write in the lesson "Today is an exciting today" and not "Today is an exciting day?
I didn't understand.

[Torsten]

Hello Livia,

Welcome to english-test.net and many thanks for pointing out that typo. Yes, the sentence should read "Today is an exciting day" and I've changed it.
Speak to you soon,
Torsten
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[Hanh]

Dear Torsten,
Thanks for your email with unit 6. I have just read the short text and I found out that the red word is posessive s and the blue word mean is.
Thanks
Hanh

[Namasivayam]

The red 's' shows possession (Possessive 's), and blue means "is" (the short form).

[Manu143]

hi torsten

this is anju from india.i am writing you a letter where i tell you somthing related to me.i m a very simple person.i like reading books.i have one brother and one sister.my brother is engg.and work for wipro.his name is ravi.ravi's son name is ish.he's 3 year old and very naughty.he's study in nursery class.his teacher name is sara.she's very preety but married.on the other side my sister she's doing M.B.A.she's engaged and her fiance's name is Ric.ric is also working in a company.this is my small introduction.tell me how do u like?and what mistake's i have done in this letter.

[Cimarro]

Good afternoon,dear Mr.Dearr!
I have just read the explanation of possessive 's' and I see the difference bitween the short form of possessive 's' and short form of 'is'-'`s'.It was very easy for me to see the difference.I can write you an example:

1. My name`s ( is ) Peter and I come from Bulgaria.

2. My mother`s name is Antoanetta. (The name of my mother is Antoanetta.).

Best regards,Peter!