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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

possessive adjectives

"I was wondering if you guys would like me doing a community mix and putting it on Ike and my podcast."
Ike and my podcast? I came across this in a forum. Is that correct?(I'm not a native English speaker)
  

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I would say it is not correct because I had to read it three times to get the meaning. There is no easy fix. English is terrible at this stuff.

— Enoon

  • I would say it is not correct because I had to read it three times to get the meaning.
  • There is no easy fix.
  • English is terrible at this stuff.
  • "Ike's and my" is, I believe, standard, but it's really ugly.
  • "
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I would say it is not correct because I had to read it three times to get the meaning. There is no easy fix. English is terrible at this stuff. "Ike's and my" is, I believe, standard, but it's really ugly. I would just totally bail out and go "on the podcast Ike and I do."
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The templates are:

X's and Y's item = X's item and Y's item (i.e., two items, one for each)
X and Y's item = one item belonging to both X and Y in joint ownership.

However, I agree with enoon that both are clumsy in this case; I would use his version, too.
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Mister MicawberThe templates are:X's and Y's item = X's item and Y's item (i.e., two items, one for each)X and Y's item = one item belonging to both X and Y in joint ownership.However, I agree with enoon that both are clumsy in this case; I would use his version, too.
Do you think that "Bob's and her car" is a possible way of describing a car owned jointly by
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