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Tamguatlay Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Is the "if" redundant?

I disagree. First, you need to decide whether you are talking about singular or plural form of youth, before deciding on the possessive form and its punctuation.
As also noted by others, words used as adjectives do not have a possessive form. Just because, if in a few odd cases, someone has used the possessive form, such a use does not become right grammatically.

Is the "if" in the second paragraph redundant?


Thanks.



  

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tamguatlay Is the "if" in the second paragraph redundant? Yes. Omit it.

— CalifJim

  • tamguatlay Is the "if" in the second paragraph redundant?
  • Yes.
  • Omit it.
  • I would also omit the commas and move 'in a few odd cases' so it's after 'used the possessive form,'.
  • Just because someone has used the possessive form in a few odd cases, such a use does not become right grammatically.
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tamguatlayIs the "if" in the second paragraph redundant?

Yes. Omit it.

I would also omit the commas and move 'in a few odd cases' so it's after 'used the possessive form,'.

Just because someone has used the possessive form in a few odd cases, such a use does not become right grammatically.

CJ

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