If two or more nouns denote joint ownership, the possessive sign is used with the last one only; thus, Read and White's store (one store), Mason and Dixon's line.

If two or more nouns denote separate ownership, the possessive sign is added to each; thus, Klemm's and Wilcox's stores (two stores), John's and Henry's gloves, Mary's and Alice's dispositions.

Exercise 212

Change the prepositional phrases to possessive modifiers.

1. The poems of Longfellow and Holmes.

2. The mother of Blanche and Anna.

3. The mills of Washburn and Pillsbury (separate ownership).

4. The mills of Washburn and Pillsbury (joint ownership).

5. The administrations of Lincoln and Grant.

6. The compositions of Mary and Alice.

7. The party of Mary and Alice.

8. The farms of Mr. Brown and Mr. Jones.

9. The offices of Brown, Reed, and Company.

171. Declension is a regular arrangement of the forms of a noun or a pronoun. You have learned about the different forms. It will be an easy matter to arrange them.

Exercise 213

The following list of pronoun forms includes all the forms of the three personal pronouns. Divide these forms into three groups, putting the forms of the pronoun of the first person into one, those of the pronoun of the second person into another, and those of the pronoun of the third person into another.

me, he, J, those, thou, her, us, she, you, its, they, their, my, hers, ours, him, ye, theirs, thee, we, yours, them, our, his, thine, it, mine, your.

Exercise 214. Development

he, they, her, she, Us, their, hers, him, theirs, them, his, U.

What pronoun are these words forms of?

Divide the list into singular and plural forms.

Divide the singular forms into masculine and feminine and neuter forms. Can you divide the plural forms in this way?

Divide the singular forms into nominative, possessive,1 and objective forms. Classify each plural form as nominative, possessive,1 or objective.