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Gregory

#155863 Mon, 07 Nov 05 04:03 AM

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I came across these two sentences the other day:>>

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A. Your father’s farm is bigger than my father’s.>>

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B .Your father's farm is bigger than my father’s farm.>>

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Are both these sentences correct?>>

Gregory

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Possessives

paco2004

#155868 Mon, 07 Nov 05 04:27 AM

Hello Greg

A. Your father's farm is bigger than my father's.
B .Your father's farm is bigger than my father's farm.

Both are correct and the same. "My father's" in Sentence A is the ellipsis of "my father's farm". You can omit the noun that follows a possessive form in such a case that your listener or reader can easily understand what noun follows the possessive.

(EX) We needed a ladder, and so we borrowed our neighbor's (ladder).

paco

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