Mine's (again)

[ronbutters at AOL.COM]

Yes, one can! Which is why one needs the apostrophe (in answer to Dennis Preston's question).

What evidence is there that people actually use "mine's" any other way? I.e., I doubt that anyone would answer, "Neither, it's mine's" to the question, "Is that Tom's football or Ann's?"
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Original Message

LanD Liu wrote:
If you can say that, then you should be able to say, his's, hers's, yours's, its's, ours's, and theirs's.

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