Stop saying: “This is my friend car.”

Say instead: “This is my friend’s car.” · A1 · Grammar

✗ Wrong

This is my friend car.

✓ Correct

This is my friend’s car.

Why?

To show that a thing belongs to a person, add ’s after the person. Say: my friend’s car, Tom’s book. The ’s shows: the thing is his, or the thing is hers.

More examples

🎙️ REAL VOICES

The three correct examples below, in a real voice.

✗ This is Tom book.

✓ This is Tom’s book.

✗ That is Emma bag.

✓ That is Emma’s bag.

✗ This is my sister room.

✓ This is my sister’s room.

Person + ’s + thing: Tom’s car, Emma’s bag.

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