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Hxcboatcaptain Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

combining third person and first person possessive.

I'm wondering about a grammar rule that even my high school literature teacher couldn't help me with.
For example, I know that if you're talking two people (in the third person) sharing an item, you say, "Mom and dad's car got totalled."
If you mean multiple objects two people own in common, you say, "Mom's and dad's cars got totalled."
Anyways, how do you word it if you mean, for example, a car that own? Would it be, "Mom and my car got totalled,"?

(As a side note, I'm sure i made a few grammar mishaps in this post, so feel free to correct me. I'm always up for some new grammar help.)
  

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I have another question now. How would you correctly punctuate this sentence? Would it be, "Mom and my car got totalled,"?

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I have another question now. How would you correctly punctuate this sentence?

Would it be, "Mom and my car got totalled,"?
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HxcboatcaptainI'm wondering about a grammar rule that even my high school literature teacher couldn't help me with.
For example, I know that if you're talking about two people (in the third person) sharing an item, you say, "Mom and Dad's car got totalled."
If you mean multiple objects
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If you are talking about a car you and your mother own jointly there is no third person, only first person plural:- "Our car got totalled, the one my mother and I own".
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HxcboatcaptainI'm wondering about a grammar rule that even my high school literature teacher couldn't help me with.
For example, I know that if you're talking about two people (in the third person) sharing an item, you say, "Mom and Dad's car got totalled."
If you mean multi
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BokehIf you are talking about a car you and your mother own jointly there is no third person, only first person plural:- "Our car got totalled, the one my mother and I own".
Thanks. I can easily avoid saying it, but my question is, is there any way to correctly say it in that form?
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I would think it is "Mom's and my car got totalled."
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There is a problem with the sentence "Mom and my car got totaled." You mom is not a car, she can not get totaled, that verb can not describe something that happened to your mom. The sentence my mom and dad's car got totaled, totaled refers to the car. In your sentence, totaled refers to an action that happened to the car and your mom, but like I said you mom cant get totaled.
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Yes...especially if you want to clarify who the third person is. For example, if you want to use a specific name, would you say, "Elizabeth's and my car..."?
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