By Grammar, Possessives

Hello, In the sentence, "It had been Thomas's and her's secret hiding place when they were children." Is the apostrophe after 'her' correct? It seems that it should be, but my MS Word Grammar check does not recognize it. Thank you for your great service. ...

Hmm... this seems to be another case of varying terminology. I have no objection to calling a participle an adjective, I'm just not used to that. Nor am I used to many other grammatical terms used here, like "a noun phrase". Don't get me wrong! I certainly don't mean...

I agree with Yankee. Yet, it must be said that there is a tendency among today's grammarians to standardize the often entangled genitive of English. That may deprive English of some of its most fascinating ways to denote possession. This charming jumble wouldn't be there if a Language...

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real angry...

1. Certainly not the native speakers that I come into contact with. There are only four Google hits for "do you take beef" in this sense, and none of them looks to be a reliable source of correct English. Instead I would say "Do you eat beef?" 2. You mean "it ......

3. Yes, I would.4. I may be wrong, but I've always thought that "variety meats" refers to what isn't in the average diet. For example, I wouldn't consider liver to be a variety meat, because it is so commonly consumed in various presentations. If my interpretation is...

Thanks, Mr Wordy and Philip. 1. Does it mean native speakers wouldn't say "Do you take beef?" What would you say instead? 2. It was gross. Though it brothered bothered me I just told myself they were hotdogs. (I expected you to correct the pronoun inconsistency in this line....

Both are generally considered correct. In Finnish grammar books of English the term "double genitive" is used. The first example is logical if you think of she is a friend of mine. Mine is possessive like Alison's. However, it would be very inconvenient to insist on a possessive...

I do dislike the double possessive. I usually change the construction to 'one of Alison's friends'. Personal preference.

Hi N2GI'll butt in if I may. 1. He'd only left her a note on the bedside table of which she had not understood the content. There is a noun in the relative clause and that explains of in this case. I would reword the sentence: He'd only left her a note the content of which she had...