A plural noun is a Word for two or more people, places, and things.
A contraction is two Words shortened to a single Word using an apostrophe to take the place of the missing letters of the original Words. The contraction of a noun is used only informally. The more common used of contraction is a pronoun-verb or a verb-adverb combination.
A possessive noun also uses an apostrophe to indicate that something in the sentence belongs to that noun.
Examples:
The houses on this street were built in the last century. (plural noun, two or more houses)
These houses'll be torn down soon. (plural noun contraction; these houses'll be = these houses will be)
This house's age is much less. (singular, possessive noun; the age of one house)
Those houses' status is condemned. (plural, possessive noun; the status of all those houses)
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