How do you make grass possessive?

add and apostrophe (‘) after the existing “s” (grass’) add and apostrophe s (‘s) after the existing “s” (grass’s)

Can we say grasses?

I was doing a little research which indicated that if the grass was just one species, the plural would be “grass”. However, if one is referring to more than one species of grass, the plural would be “grasses”.

Which is the correct plural possessive?

The general rule for forming possessives The possessive of a plural noun is formed by adding only an apostrophe when the noun ends in s, and by adding both an apostrophe and s when it ends in a letter other than s.

Is Grass a singular?

Hello Romelia: There is a plural form for ‘grass’ in English which is ‘grasses’. However, it is seldom used. It is commonly used for referring to different types or kinds of grass.

Is grass countable or uncountable?

“Grass” is both countable and non-countable. The grass in your garden is uncountable, “I’m going to cut the grass” not “grasses”. However, there are different types of “grasses”.

How do you use grasses in a sentence?

Grasses sentence example

1. Many years ago, before people came to live on the earth, great trees and tall grasses and huge ferns and all the beautiful flowers cover the earth.
2. The hay made from clover, sainfoin and grasses under rotation generally gives a bigger average yield than that from permanent grass land.

What is the possessive of deer?

All the sources I consulted agreed that the plural possessive of deer should be written with an apostrophe before the -s, as in this example: The deer’s tracks were easy to follow once the animals entered the snowy woods.

What do you call a singular grass?

A single piece of grass is called a blade of grass.

Is grass a thing?

grass used as a noun: Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem, wrap around it for a distance, and leave, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain. A lawn.

Is grass a collective noun?

For example, “grass” is a collective noun. In American English, collective nouns almost always take singular verb forms (a formal agreement). Collective proper nouns are singular in general and do not take any supplements. The word “grass” can be said to be a collective noun in general.

How do you describe grass in a story?

Feathery, emerald, springy, hay-like, lush, verdant, wind-flattened, coarse underfoot, summer green, neatly trimmed, yellowing, overgrown…