Author Topic: Possesive (Read 1939 times)

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.

Teshi · « **Reply #1 on:** October 31, 2005, 11:34:02 AM »

EDIT: That's what you said.

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

Porter · « **Reply #2 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".

Teshi · « **Reply #3 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.

Brinestone · « **Reply #4 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."

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #5 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.

rivka · « **Reply #6 on:** October 31, 2005, 12:35:12 PM »

It's also never "your's." It is "yours."

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2005, 02:19:41 PM »

Oops. I was trying to think too hard.

rivka · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2005, 11:39:27 PM »

*stands alert with fire extinguisher at hand*

pooka · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:20:56 AM »

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

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #10 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.