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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Whose birthday is it anyway? #91752 01/14/2003 2:56 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta If anyone cares, the original sentence was Today's one of the partners' birthday. How about the sentence, "I got a lift in one of the partners' car(s)." Can we differentiate between one (of the many) cars belonging to one (of the many) partners (cars), and one car belonging to one (of the many) partners (car)? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted An apostrophic problem Bingley 01/13/2003 3:33 AM Re: An apostrophic problem doc_comfort 01/13/2003 4:21 AM Re: An apostrophic problem maahey 01/13/2003 7:52 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/13/2003 9:42 AM Whose birthday is it anyway? TEd Remington 01/13/2003 3:25 PM Re: Whose birthday is it anyway? AnnaStrophic 01/13/2003 4:07 PM Re: Whose birthday is it anyway? tsuwm 01/13/2003 4:43 PM Re: Whose birthday is it anyway? AnnaStrophic 01/13/2003 4:54 PM Let's face it, awkward is awkward wofahulicodoc 01/14/2003 1:07 AM Re: Whose birthday is it anyway? Bingley 01/14/2003 2:56 AM Re: rav 01/14/2003 7:14 AM You're not lost rav consuelo 01/14/2003 10:47 AM Re: You're not lost rav dxb 01/14/2003 4:25 PM Re: An apostrophic problem bonzaialsatian 01/13/2003 6:05 PM Re: An apostrophic problem tsuwm 01/13/2003 6:07 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/13/2003 10:52 PM Re: An apostrophic problem nancyk 01/13/2003 11:41 PM Re: An apostrophic problem AnnaStrophic 01/14/2003 12:00 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/14/2003 1:03 AM Re: An apostrophic problem Faldage 01/14/2003 1:09 AM Re: An apostrophic problem Faldage 01/14/2003 1:03 AM One of the partners' birthdays was celebrated TEd Remington 01/14/2003 1:17 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,469 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,273 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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