Noun + ‘s is a common way to form possessive nouns in English.
For example, “How can this be God’s plan for me?”, 's is added to the proper noun “God” to indicate possession. This means that the plan belongs to God. The entire sentence expresses a question about how this could possibly be the plan that God has for the speaker.
In the sentence “He’s the team’s best player”, there are two instances of 's and each has a different function:
- He’s: Here,
'sis a contraction of “is”. So, “He’s” is short for “He is”. - team’s: In this case,
'sis added to indicate possession. It shows that the best player belongs to the team. So, “team’s best player” means “the best player of the team”.
In iWeb corpus, a search for _N 's_GE is producing errors, so here we just did _N 's which means it might not be the genetive… Note some of these are not singular…
1 WORLD’S 549927
2 COMPANY’S 518978
PELIC STUDENT:
As for a businessman like a CEO,
a high-class car might be needed
because the car could express their or their company‘s trust.
Korean, Male, level 4, writing class
*This example gets hidden under other grammar.
3 YEAR’S 464891
4 WOMEN’S 454301
5 CHILDREN’S 373984
6 GOD’S 324851
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oh for god’s sake(154)
for god’s sake don’t(38)
oh for god’s sakes(30)
for god’s sake man(24)
god’s plan (58)
Sarah, how can this be God‘s plan for me?
god’s love(43)
in god’s hands(40)
one of god’s(35)
it’s god’s will(27)
god’s truth(26)
god’s gift to (25)
how in god’s name(22)
7 PEOPLE’S 281880
8 CITY’S 276293
9 MEN’S 263092
10 CHILD’S 237117
11 COUNTRY’S 213722
12 TRUMP’S 189898
13 AMERICA’S 188782
You have been chosen to become members of America’s most secret society.
14 NATION’S 180046
15 STATE’S 179299
16 MAN’S 173795
17 PERSON’S 173684
18 CANADA’S 156771
19 GOVERNMENT’S 155459
20 MASTER’S 151495
21 TEAM’S 151206
He‘s the team‘s star player.
22 WEEK’S 138378
23 AUSTRALIA’S 137299
24 FATHER’S 136426
25 MOTHER’S 136333
26 STUDENT’S 132058
27 BACHELOR’S 131405
28 UNIVERSITY’S 116256
29 DRIVER’S 113202
30 SCHOOL’S 112171
31 KING’S 109141
32 PATIENT’S 103226
33 USER’S 102844
34 FAMILY’S 100471
35 WOMAN’S 95078
36 EARTH’S 93773
37 JOHN’S 93690
38 GROUP’S 92806
39 UK’S 88968
40 CHINA’S 88453
41 SHERIFF’S 88100
42 NIGHT’S 85587
43 BODY’S 81326
44 GAME’S 80666
45 BRITAIN’S 80138
46 CLIENT’S 78536
47 CUSTOMER’S 77878
48 APPLE’S 77060
49 PRESIDENT’S 74869
With all due respect, sir, our president‘s patience is wearing thin.
50 ORGANIZATION’S 74723
51 ALZHEIMER’S 69953
52 OBAMA’S 67900
53 LONDON’S 67826
54 CLUB’S 66878
55 BABY’S 66427
56 MARY’S 66382
57 DAY’S 64651
58 IRELAND’S 63993
59 GOOGLE’S 63631
60 PARTY’S 62788
61 QUEEN’S 62575
62 INDIVIDUAL’S 61363
63 SON’S 60588
64 DEPARTMENT’S 60080
I‘ve been (I was) a captain of my department’s basketball team
when I studied in college, and I’ve led my team to win several games.
Chinese, Male, level 4, grammar class
*This example gets hidden under other grammar. Also, the present perfect feels awkward with the past clause.
65 FIRM ‘S 58746
66 DOG ‘S 58350
67 COUNCIL ‘S 58235
68 LIFE ‘S 57377
69 FRIEND ‘S 57332
70 PLAYER ‘S 57211
71 MONTH ‘S 56446
72 PAUL ‘S 55593
73 BAND ‘S 55395
74 OWNER ‘S 55235
75 DOCTOR ‘S 55177
76 INDUSTRY ‘S 55039
77 SHOW ‘S 54376
78 VALENTINE ‘S 53727
79 COLLEGE’S 53616
Korean, Female, level 4, writing class
If the college’s tuition is very expensive, and the students can’t pay, they can’t go to that college.
80 EUROPE ‘S 52311
81 BANK ‘S 52305
82 MANUFACTURER ‘S 51447
83 SATURDAY ‘S 51415
84 REGION ‘S 50912
85 EMPLOYEE ‘S 50860
86 COURT ‘S 50343
87 CHRIST ‘S 50257
88 HUSBAND ‘S 50174
89 WIFE ‘S 49547
90 FILM ‘S 48708
91 CAR ‘S 48351
92 MCDONALD ‘S 48018
93 SUNDAY ‘S 47582
94 DAUGHTER ‘S 47361
95 LORD ‘S 47232
96 MICROSOFT ‘S 46983
97 AGENCY ‘S 44736
98 SEASON ‘S 44717
99 COUNTY ‘S 44156
100 AUTHOR ‘S 44080
A2 vocabulary:
(club|college|company|customer|department|god|king|queen|team)’s
*there are over 140 hits in PELIC for these.