In Possessives^x, British English^x

From answers.com: Speakers of some vernacular American dialects, particularly in the South, may use the possessive reflexive form hisself instead of himself (as in He cut hisself shaving) and theirselves or theirself for themselves (as in They found theirselves alone). These forms reflect the...

Anonymous wrote: I would consider this not only poor grammar, but highly stilted and inferior in all but the most colloquial of circumstances. Hello Anon Further to Mister M's explanation, I can confirm that the double possessive is alive and well in British English. You may find it in...

MrP, I agree that "provide for this's being done" doesn't work, but "provide for John's being fed" is grammatical at least. In either case, though, I would be more likely to say "provide for this to be done" or "provide for John to be fed." I could never bring myself to say "provide for this...

"My family is spending its vacation in the east." I know that here is a difference between American and British English, as "family" is understood either as a collective noun, seen as 'ONE group', so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in singular: "My family is spending ITS vacation in the...