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OP I met with a friend of Molly's
I met with a friend of a friend
I met with a friend's friend
Is the first right and the other two wrong?
I understand that one might use such phrasing for aesthetic value; so does that mean that it's use is 'wrong', or rather, should be avoided, if purely utilitarian? E.g. 'The Tempest of Shakespeare’s'.
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