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Title: Possesive
Post by: Mr. Anderson on October 31, 2005, 11:29:02 AM

Which one of these examples is correct:

Your's and Fred's favorite song.

That one sounds right to me.  But probably because it's just what I'm used to saying.

But this next one seems right, as I'll show in bold:

Your and Fred's favorite song.
Your and Fred's favorite song.

Or maybe it's even like this:

You and Fred's favorite song.

Title: Possesive
Post by: Teshi on October 31, 2005, 11:34:02 AM

EDIT: That's what you said.

Er... I think I use your first one.

Title: Possesive
Post by: Porter on October 31, 2005, 11:34:49 AM

A good trick is to do one at a time, and then combine.

"your favorite song" is right but "your's favorite song" is wrong.

"Fred's favorite song" is right.

Combine the two right ones and you get "Your and Fred's favorite song" or "Fred's and your favorite song."

This is a handy trick when trying to figure out when to use "me" and when to use "I".

"They like Fred and me" is correct because it's "They like me" not "They like I".

Title: Possesive
Post by: Teshi on October 31, 2005, 11:36:13 AM

Oh, cool! I do that with the "me" and "I" but hadn't tried it with the "your". Now I shall. :)

Title: Possesive
Post by: Brinestone on October 31, 2005, 11:37:01 AM

And it's not "Fred and I's." Ever. It's "Fred's and my favorite song."

Title: Possesive
Post by: Mr. Anderson on October 31, 2005, 11:41:29 AM

That's what made the most sense to me, but I had to ask about the one that I use and that last one.  With the last one, it kinda makes sense to me that "You and Fred" would be a group, and the apostrophe 's' shows possession for the whole group.

Thanks guys.

Title: Possesive
Post by: rivka on October 31, 2005, 12:35:12 PM

It's also never "your's (http://www.earlygirl.com/sincerely.shtml)." It is "yours (http://englishlanguage.allinfoabout.com/difficulties/yours.html)."

Title: Possesive
Post by: Mr. Anderson on October 31, 2005, 02:19:41 PM

Oops.  I was trying to think too hard.

Title: Possesive
Post by: rivka on October 31, 2005, 11:39:27 PM

*stands alert with fire extinguisher at hand*

Title: Possesive
Post by: pooka on November 01, 2005, 08:20:56 AM

Is there enough Ss in this thread title? >.<  

Title: Possesive
Post by: Mr. Anderson on November 01, 2005, 09:19:55 AM

Like I said, I was trying to think too hard.

The fire extinguisher won't be necessary... this time.