what is the possessive noun in "the purses of the ladies"
ladies
You could reword this phrase: "the ladies' purses."
Purses
This is a(lady) purse
The possessive noun in the phrase "the purses of the ladies" is "ladies."
To identify the possessive noun in a sentence, you first need to look for a word that shows ownership or a relationship between two entities. In this case, "ladies" indicates ownership of the "purses." To make a possessive noun, you typically add an apostrophe ('s) to the noun. However, in this example, since "ladies" is already plural, you simply use the word "ladies" as the possessive form.
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