diff --git a/src/2-two/contraction-two/compute/isPossessive.js b/src/2-two/contraction-two/compute/isPossessive.js
index f5d91d2..f27bfbc 100644
--- a/src/2-two/contraction-two/compute/isPossessive.js
+++ b/src/2-two/contraction-two/compute/isPossessive.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const beforePossessive = {
 }
 const adjLike = new Set(['too', 'also', 'enough', 'about'])
 const nounLike = new Set(['is', 'are', 'did', 'were', 'could', 'should', 'must', 'had', 'have'])
+// "is was" or "has was" can't happen, so a copula means the 's is possessive
+const copulas = new Set(['is', 'are', 'was', 'were', 'am'])
 
 const isPossessive = (terms, i) => {
   const term = terms[i]
@@ -68,6 +70,10 @@ const isPossessive = (terms, i) => {
   }
   //a gerund suggests 'is walking'
   if (nextTerm.tags.has('Verb')) {
+    // 'leonard's was closed'
+    if (copulas.has(nextTerm.normal)) {
+      return true
+    }
     //fix 'jamie's bite'
     if (nextTerm.tags.has('Infinitive')) {
       return true
diff --git a/src/2-two/postTagger/model/adjective/adj-verb.js b/src/2-two/postTagger/model/adjective/adj-verb.js
index 3848629..5962228 100644
--- a/src/2-two/postTagger/model/adjective/adj-verb.js
+++ b/src/2-two/postTagger/model/adjective/adj-verb.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default [
   // became involved
   { match: '(become|became|becoming|becomes) [#Verb]', group: 0, tag: 'Adjective', reason: 'become-verb' },
   // their declared intentions
-  { match: '#Possessive [#PastTense] #Noun', group: 0, tag: 'Adjective', reason: 'declared-intentions' },
+  { match: '#Possessive [#PastTense] #Noun', group: 0, notIf: '#Copula', tag: 'Adjective', reason: 'declared-intentions' },
   // is he cool
   { match: '#Copula #Pronoun [%Adj|Present%]', group: 0, tag: 'Adjective', reason: 'is-he-cool' },
   // is crowded with
diff --git a/tests/two/contractions/is-has-possessive.test.js b/tests/two/contractions/is-has-possessive.test.js
index e7e95b1..109599d 100644
--- a/tests/two/contractions/is-has-possessive.test.js
+++ b/tests/two/contractions/is-has-possessive.test.js
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ test('is-has', function (t) {
     ["The librarian's knowledge of books was vast", '#Possessive'],
     ["The manager's decision was unexpected", '#Possessive'],
     ["The meeting's been rescheduled", 'has'],
+    ["Leonard's was Randall", '#Possessive'],
+    ["Toronto's was Canada", '#Possessive'],
+    ["Leonard's was closed on Monday", '#Possessive'],
     ["The meeting's scheduled for 3 PM", 'is'],
     ["The mountain's peak is covered in snow", '#Possessive'],
     ["The movie's already started", 'has'],
@@ -202,3 +205,11 @@ test('is-has', function (t) {
   })
   t.end()
 })
+
+test('possessive before a copula keeps its whitespace', function (t) {
+  const doc = nlp(`Leonard's was Randall`)
+  t.equal(doc.match('#Noun').text(), `Leonard's Randall`, here + 'noun match')
+  t.ok(doc.match('was').has('#Copula'), here + 'was stays a verb')
+  t.notOk(doc.match('was').has('#Adjective'), here + 'was is not an adjective')
+  t.end()
+})