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Something for Cossie or a grammarian [message #40492]

Sun, 14 January 2007 18:45

Deeej

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1. This is Alice and Bob's house.
2. This is Alice and Bobs' house.
3. This is Alice's and Bob's house.

I would never say the third one out loud.

Presumably number 1, "This is (Alice and Bob)'s house", where Alice and Bob are a plural unit, like the children in "This is (the children)'s house". Am I right?

I would like to check because I don't remember ever having seen this in an English grammar.

David

[Updated on: Sun, 14 January 2007 19:07]

		Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: Deeej on Sun, 14 January 2007 18:45
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: Nigel on Sun, 14 January 2007 19:11
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: Deeej on Sun, 14 January 2007 19:24
		Ooo! A gift for me? By: cossie on Sun, 14 January 2007 19:30
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: timmy on Sun, 14 January 2007 20:51
		Mm By: Deeej on Mon, 15 January 2007 00:12
		Re: Mm By: Brian1507a on Mon, 15 January 2007 00:51
		Just for the record ... By: cossie on Mon, 15 January 2007 01:21
		Re: Just for the record ... By: Brian1507a on Mon, 15 January 2007 02:58
		Well, I guess ... By: cossie on Mon, 15 January 2007 04:25
		Re: Well, I guess ... By: Brian1507a on Mon, 15 January 2007 05:23
		Oh, I see ... By: cossie on Tue, 16 January 2007 00:49
		Re: Well, I guess ... By: timmy on Mon, 15 January 2007 07:36
		Shame on your geographical ignorance! By: cossie on Tue, 16 January 2007 00:54
		Re: Mm By: timmy on Mon, 15 January 2007 07:45
		More about Alice and Bob. By: cossie on Tue, 16 January 2007 01:16
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: kupuna on Tue, 16 January 2007 23:25
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: Deeej on Tue, 16 January 2007 23:48
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: kupuna on Wed, 17 January 2007 00:02
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: timmy on Wed, 17 January 2007 00:22
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: NW on Wed, 17 January 2007 00:38
		Personally .... By: cossie on Wed, 17 January 2007 03:28
		Re: Personally… By: Nigel on Wed, 17 January 2007 08:16
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: timmy on Wed, 17 January 2007 07:13
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: NW on Wed, 17 January 2007 13:18
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: arich on Wed, 17 January 2007 13:33
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: arich on Wed, 17 January 2007 14:11
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: davethegnome on Mon, 22 January 2007 21:29
		Re: Something for Cossie or a grammarian By: kupuna on Wed, 17 January 2007 23:22

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