What is the possessive noun in the sentence, "Baseball" rules were written in 1845."?
1 Answer
Dec 2, 2016
As written, none of the words are possessive nouns. However, if we change the word "baseball" to "baseball's", then "baseball's" is a possessive noun.
Explanation:
A possessive noun is:
- a noun (person, place, or thing), and
- possessive (indicating an ownwership relationship to another noun)
In the sentence Baseball rules were written in 1845, there isn't a word that indicates possession:
- rules is a noun
- baseball is an adjective and tells us what kind of rules
- were written is the verb
- in 1845 is the preposition that tells us when the rules were written
If however, we write the sentence this way: Baseball's rules were written in 1845, now we have a possessive noun - "baseball's".