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“The soldiers’ children caught three fish at the army’s lake.”

soldiers’

regular plural owner + apostrophe after s

children

irregular plural of child

three fish

count noun with zero plural

army’s

singular possessor

the army’s lake

complete noun phrase

Explain each form from meaning, not appearance alone.

Una oración contiene los temas centrales de hoy.

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Tips

One Sentence, Every System

  1. Una sola oración puede activar varias reglas; analiza cada forma por separado antes de explicar el conjunto.
  2. Soldiers’ indica varios poseedores, children es irregular y three fish usa zero plural.
  3. En “the army’s lake,” army’s modifica a lake dentro de la frase nominal completa.