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HifaMo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

bike of Tommy's

Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's?

Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy?

I think this use of the double possessive is not necessary.

Am I right?

Thanks.
  

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Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's? Emotion: yes

You have to include the 's.
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I didn't understand well.

I did some further research, and I come up with the following:

The apostrophe is required because 'if we are to substitute 'Tommy' with a pronoun, we would use the possessive pronoun 'his', not the possessive adjective'.

Am I right?

Thanks.
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HifaMoThe apostrophe is required because 'if we are to substitute 'Tommy' with a pronoun, we would use the possessive pronoun 'his', not the possessive adjective'. Am I right?
If by 'possessive adjectives' you mean my/your/his/her... and by 'possessive pronouns' you mean mine/yours/his/hers..., then yes, you are right.
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