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I wonder which expression is correct in my examples. I know the better way to say them is "Tom's bike" and "Tom's home", but I am still curious about the form in the examples as it is quite common in cases where the name are just too long to use apostrophe.
Example 1:
(1) I am going to ride the bike of Tom.
(2) I am going to ride the bike of Tom's.
Example 2:
(3) I am going to the home of Tom.
(4) I am going to the home of Tom's.
In this poor man's humble opinion,
In Example 1: '(1) I am going to ride the bike of Tom.' is better as you are already indicating possessiveness through the use of 'of'.
Similarly,
In Example 2: '(3) I am going to the home of Tom.' is better as you are already indicating possessiveness through the use of 'of'.
Hope this helped.
