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Nafisi Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

apostrophe s

Is it correct?
My brother and I's favorite team is Barcelona.
I know that we can use "our".
But I want to use the exact phrase ' my brother and I"
What can I say?
  

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Nafisi Is it correct? My brother and I's favorite team is Barcelona. It's not correct, but plenty of people say it.

  • Nafisi Is it correct?
  • My brother and I's favorite team is Barcelona.
  • It's not correct, but plenty of people say it.
  • The fact is that there is no way to do that in English that sounds right.
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NafisiIs it correct? My brother and I's favorite team is Barcelona.
It's not correct, but plenty of people say it. The fact is that there is no way to do that in English that sounds right.

The correct way is "My brother's and my favorite team ...".
You can also say "My favorite team is Barcelona, and it's my brother's, too".
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"My brother and I's favorite team is Barcelona.
It's not correct, but plenty of people say it"
really? I doubt that very much!
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Thanks a lot "califJim".
It was so useful.

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