double possessives

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Beautiful--thanks so much for the example.

Of course, the fact that people use the construction regularly will not
convince some formalist linguists that it is "grammatical."


In a message dated 9/28/2001 3:22:48 PM, TlhovwI at AOL.COM writes:

<< How's this for a true double possesive:


"Is that your my hoodie or my your hoodie?"


meaning...

Is that my hoodie that you have stolen from me or your hoodie that I had
stolen from you [that you are wearing]?


My roommate said this this morning and it is a common construction for
objects 'borrowed'.


-dsb

Douglas S. Bigham

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale >>