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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Possessive Case

John said, "Who is that in the photo?"

I said, "Oh, it's our friend called Harry's girlfriend."

Is this grammatical?

Our friend isn't called 'Harry's' but rather 'Harry,' but we need the possessive case as the girlfriend belongs to Harry. What a conundrum!
  

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I wonder if you meant:

John asked: ''Who's that in the photo?''

I answered: ''Oh,it's our friend who is called as Harry's girlfriend.''

Yes,what a conundrum..ha ha
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It's our friend Harry's girlfriend.

Much better as: it's Susie, our friend Harry's girlfriend.
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But in your new sentence ''It's Susie,our friend Harry's girlfriend.'' There are two Possessive Pronouns are Our and ''Harry's'' so it's not very fine.Or it should be:''Harry is our friend,and that girl is his girlfriend.'' and ''Susie is girlfriend of our friend,Harry.'' ??
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PhilipIt's our friend Harry's girlfriend.

Hi, Philip

Isn't Harry's in apposition to friend?

If so, friend should equal Harry not harry's.
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