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#181533 - 01/07/09 12:24 PM Re: at my sister's, of my sister's. [Re: ParkinT]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5289 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	I believe it, emotional attachment. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#204467 - 02/01/12 10:39 AM Re: at my sister's, of my sister's. [Re: ]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5289 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Hi -back at you. Welcome. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#204490 - 02/04/12 07:34 AM Re: at my sister's, of my sister's. [Re: LukeJavan8]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1031 Loc: Lancaster, UK	Good to have you here, zeun. We're a mad bunch, but mostly harmless! _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#204494 - 02/04/12 11:41 AM Re: at my sister's, of my sister's. [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5289 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Be careful with that statement RC. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#204505 - 02/05/12 10:01 AM Re: at my sister's, of my sister's. [Re: LukeJavan8]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1031 Loc: Lancaster, UK	Careful? Me? C'mon, now - I have a reputation to maintain. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#204510 - 02/05/12 02:01 PM Re: at my sister's, of my sister's. [Re: BranShea]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13655	Incidentally, getting back to the original question: Back when case meant something in English and we actually marked it in nouns different prepositions took different cases in their noun objects. We have dumped all case markings in nouns except the genitive. So, the one case where it is shown we think is abnormal. Really, it's all the instances where it's not shown that are the abnormal ones.
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#204512 - 02/06/12 01:56 AM Re: at my sister's, of my sister's. [Re: BranShea]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	I dug up the initial post Originally Posted By: BranShea Here's a little thing I longtime wanted to ask. You say: I will be at my sister's. She's a friend of my sister's. In the first sentence this seems clearly to mean: "At my sister's " house or place. The second form always struck me as odd. "a friend of my sister's" ... what? Maybe I am making mistakes here, but I just would like to know the details about this. (thanks) I reread the Michael Quinion article from Jim's link and keep on using the double genitive anyway as it's stuck in my head since schooldays. > link
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