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Breaker Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Possessive case question

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the following sentence, and why? Thanks.

"My friend Jack's house is on the market."

There might not be anything wrong with it, but I think there is.

Any help appreciated.
  

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I see nothing wrong with the sentence.

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I see nothing wrong with the sentence.
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Thanks for the reply.

If I were to say: "My good, old, bad-tempered friend Jack's house is on the market", would that be also okay?

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Hi,

Yes, except that it's ugly English.

Clive
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Clive, thanks a lot. I appreciate your taking the time and making the effort to answer.
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My good, old, bad-tempered friend Jack's house is on the market
There's nothing wrong with this in spoken English-- it seems quite natural to me. The pauses as represented by your commas here would not exist.
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Thanks, Mister Micawber.

The origin of my question is that the name of the friend is "Jack" and not "Jack's". Some time in the past, someone must have pointed this out to me, and, ever since, I have carefully avoided this construction.
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