[Ads-l] Heard

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Fri Jan 25 23:32:13 UTC 2019


> On Jan 25, 2019, at 2:47 PM, Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I'm pretty sure I've heard that construction numerous times.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 4:28 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> Dr. Phil guest:
>> 
>> "She was _Laurie and I's_ friend."

for a systematic discussion of the alternatives, essenially all of which are attested, see my Language Log posting:

AZ, 10/12/08: Coordinate possessives:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=706

arnold

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