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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Intro and a question #92428 01/18/03 03:38 AM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3 S spike stranger spike stranger S Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3 With the possessive like that, it refers to an unidentified object, as in: "He is a good friend of Robert's acquaintance." Probably better is to drop the possessive, and say merely: "He is a good friend of Robert." Usually less is more. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Intro and a question JohnHawaii 01/18/03 02:32 AM Re: Intro and a question modestgoddess 01/18/03 02:47 AM Re: Intro and a question spike 01/18/03 03:38 AM Re: Intro and a question Jackie 01/18/03 04:06 AM Re: Intro and a question Wordwind 01/18/03 07:59 AM Re: Intro and a question rav 01/18/03 08:08 AM Re: Intro and a question Wordwind 01/18/03 08:54 AM Re: Intro and a question TEd Remington 01/18/03 12:44 PM Re: Intro and a question rav 01/18/03 01:12 PM Re: Intro and a question Faldage 01/18/03 01:29 PM You saying Dub's no one? TEd Remington 01/18/03 11:35 PM Re: Intro and a question dxb 01/18/03 09:16 PM Double Genitives Bingley 01/18/03 11:16 AM Re: Double Genitives Faldage 01/18/03 01:27 PM Tea Party musick 01/18/03 04:02 PM Re: Intro and a question JohnHawaii 01/18/03 10:06 PM a small apostrophe wofahulicodoc 01/18/03 10:15 PM Re: a small apostrophe Wordwind 01/18/03 10:37 PM Re: a small apostrophe tsuwm 01/19/03 04:59 AM Re: a small apostrophe Wordwind 01/19/03 11:37 AM Re: a small apostrophe Bingley 01/19/03 01:41 PM Re: a small apostrophe Wordwind 01/19/03 05:25 PM Re: a small apostrophe tsuwm 01/19/03 06:02 PM Re: a small apostrophe Bingley 01/20/03 08:24 AM Re: a small apostrophe TEd Remington 01/20/03 02:40 PM Re: Intro and a question wow 01/22/03 03:07 PM 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 927 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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