24.  It is found in both ——­ old and ——­ new editions. 25.  The fourth and ——­ fifth verse. 26.  The fourth and ——­ fifth verses. 27.  Abraham Lincoln was ——­ great and ——­ good man. 28. ——­ families of ——­ strikers are sadly in ——­ need of food. 29.  Here are two bottles, ——­ one empty, ——­ other full of ——­ red
    liquid.
30.  Ariel had ——­ power to control ——­ sea. 31.  Evangeline travelled far in ——­ search of Gabriel. 33.  Illustrate by an original sentence ——­ preterite and ——­ past
    participle of the following verbs.
33.  To ——­ student of Latin or Greek a knowledge of ——­ difference in
    meaning in English between ——­ indicative and ——­ subjunctive is
    especially important.
34.  In the verb “to be” ——­ present and ——­ past subjunctives have
    different forms.
35. ——­ life in Madras in ——­ time of Clive was different from what it
    is now.
36.  I like so many sports that it is hard to tell which I like ——­ best. 
    I like swimming, foot-ball, and riding more than ——­ others, but I do
    not know which of these three I like ——­ best.

CHAPTER III.

OF NOUNS

HOW TO FORM THE POSSESSIVE CASE.[10]—­As a rule, the possessive of nouns in the SINGULAR number is formed by adding an apostrophe and “s” (’s):  as, “The boy’s coat.”  Often the pronunciation of the added “s” makes a new syllable; and if this additional syllable makes an unpleasant sound, the possessive is indicated by the apostrophe alone (’):  as, “For goodness’ sake.”  The putting in or the leaving out of the “s” in such cases is chiefly a matter of taste.  If the “s” is sounded, it is always written; and whenever there is doubt, it is well to follow the regular rule:  as, “Horace’s odes,” “Charles’s ball,” “Dickens’s David Copperfield.”

In the PLURAL number, when the nominative plural ends in “s,” the possessive case is formed by adding an apostrophe alone (’).  If the nominative plural does not end in “s,” an apostrophe and an “s” (’s) are both added, as in the singular:  as, “Men’s and boys’ shoes.”

The possessive case of COMPOUND nouns and expressions used as compound nouns is formed by adding the proper sign of the possessive to the end of the compound:  as, “That is my sister-in-law’s pony,” “This is the Prince of Wales’s palace.”

[10] “Foundations,” pp. 41-43.

EXERCISE VII.[11]

1. Write the possessive case, singular and plural, of: Actor, king,
   fairy, calf, child, goose, lady, monkey, mouse, ox, woman, deer, eagle,
   princess, elephant, man, witness, prince, fox, farmer, countess, mouth,
   horse, day, year, lion, wolf, thief, Englishman.
2. Write the possessive case of: James, Dickens, his sister Mary,
   Miss Austen, the Prince of Wales, Frederick the Great, Harper and
   Brothers, father-in-law, Charles, Jones, William the Conqueror,
   Henry the Eighth, man-of-war, Douglas, Eggleston and Company.