Meaning of s In English

• 0 written abbreviation for second

• 1 short form of is:

  • It's in the cupboard.

  • She's gone home.

  • How's this thing work?

  • Let's go swimming this afternoon.

• 2 used to form the plural of nouns:

  • books

  • sandwiches

• 3 used to show that the following thing belongs to the people or things named:

  • the girls' books

  • employees' rights

• 4 used to show that the following thing belongs to the person or thing named:

  • the cat's tail

  • Patricia's dress

  • today's paper

  • the children's shoes

  • The boys are at Katy's.

  • I got it at the greengrocer's.

• 5 the 19th letter of the English alphabet

• 6 abbreviation for small

• 7 abbreviation for south or southern