Don't let's

[Benjamin Barrett]

LOL.

Dennis Preston wrote:
> What's the apostrophe for? This is surely by analogy with his, hers,
> yours, its, ours, and theirs, being the odd guy out (no -s).
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> dInIs
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>> "Mine's" meaning "mine".
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>> That's mine's. BB
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>> Benjamin Lukoff wrote:
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>>>  On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
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>>>>  Another example where I probably disagree with many on this list is the
>>>>  use of "mine's". Many probably would find it ungrammatical, yet it is
>>>>  acceptable to me as a part of Asian-American Seattle culture, which I
>>>>  was surrounded by as a teenager.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>  "Mine's"? Can you elaborate? I'm a (part) Asian-American from Seattle
>>>  (born and raised) and can't quite place it. (I was a teenager from 1988 to
>>>  1995.)
>>>
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