[Ads-l] Compound possessives

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 23 22:51:45 UTC 2023


Or a sign of the Apocalypse's...

On Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 3:47 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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