Don't let's

[Dennis Preston]

BIWS.

dInIs

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>LOL.
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>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.
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>>>>   "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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>>  Dennis R. Preston
>>  University Distinguished Professor
>>  Department of English
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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