Possessives

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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?>>

  
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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).

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Gregory  #155869  Mon, 07 Nov 05 04:39 AM
Thanks
  
rishonly  #155881  Mon, 07 Nov 05 05:22 AM
Nice explanation, as usual,Paco2004.
  
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