[Ads-l] Compound possessives
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 23 20:47:03 UTC 2023
Unequivocally a sign of the Apocalypse.
JL
On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 3:19 PM victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Just heard on the radio:
>
> "It's the guy above's me's decision."
>
> I'm only surprised there wasn't another 's on "guy". Cringy, no matter how
> you slice it.
>
> VS-)
>
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