Hi Ivanhr, and welcome to English Forums. Yes, you will hear "I appreciate you coming" very often. Technically, yes, it should be "your coming" because (as Anonymous has pointed out) it's the act of coming that

Cool breeze, I'm confused by your reply, because I don't see "two consecutive genitives formed with apostrophes" in the phrase "my neighbor Jim's car exploded." Hi khoff You have every right to be confused. I

For some reason two consecutive genitives formed with apostrophes are often avoided in English. My suggestion: The car of my neighbor Jim exploded last night . CB

In Helsinki English a more straightforward approach would be used: Neither the two dogs nor the cat received their food tonight. In case anyone insisted on including the pointless underlined words in the original post, a possessive apostrophe

Hi Tom Yes, I saw your sentence with "kid gloves", I just wanted to make sure you didn't think the possessive "kid's" was an option. Your sentence is fine. When you treat someone with kid gloves, you interact with that

So, can we use "kid 's gloves" No possessive. The idiom is "kid gloves". The word "kid" refers to the type of material used to make the gloves.

My question (and the reason I found this post) is that I'm trying to find out if the correct plural is "uncle-in-law's" or "uncles-in-law", or if both are equally valid. Hmm. There are three possible things that

Here in the United States, most people would write: Mr. Jones' house. The "correct" way is Mr. Jones's house. But many people (including most newspapers) feel that putting another "s" after the apostrophe looks funny.

I have always known that after an indefinite pronoun, namely "everyone," "somebody" etc, the correct possessive pronoun to be used is "their." E.g.: Everyone should always do their best. However, the "Canadian

I have always known that after an indefinite pronoun, namely "everyone," "somebody" etc, the correct possessive pronoun to be used is "their." E.g.: Everyone should always do their best. However, the "Canadian