[Ads-l] Heard on Springer: "I recognized him..."

Dave Hause dwhause at CABLEMO.NET
Tue Dec 19 05:48:30 UTC 2017


A:  I have one friend who has several boyfriends
vs.
B:  I have several friends who each have a single boyfriend
Dave Hause
-----Original Message----- 
From: Wilson Gray 
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:41 AM 
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
Subject: Heard on Springer: "I recognized him..." 

"as one of my friends's boyfriends"

instead of

"as the boyfriend of one of my friends"

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