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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Sarah's and my house -- me and Sarah's house -- mine and Sarah's house

0 Darn, I can't find the answer to this anywhere! If a sentence has a possessive first-person and third-person, what does one do? None of the examples in the title seem proper. Is the only option to make it passive and just say 'The house of me and Sarah'?02br
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0 Maybe "my and Sarah's house" would work? 0-
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0I don't think there is anything incorrect about either 01i01font00my and Sarah's02font02i00, or 01i01font00Sarah's and my02font02i00. Google hits are about equal. 01i01font00Yours and my02font02i00, 01i01f
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0 Thank you both very much.0-
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0 None of the solutions ever sounds right to me!02br
00 I tend to say 01i00the house that Sarah and I own02i00!02br
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00 In ordinary conversation, the usual "solution" I have often heard -- and I'm not saying it's 'correct' -- is 01i00Sarah and I's house02i00! 01i00 me and Sarah's house02i00
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10In ordinary conversation, the usual "solution" ...is 11i10Sarah and I's house12i10! 11i10 me and Sarah's house12i10 runs a close second.12br
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10Is that really the way they talk in California, CJ? 02br
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01. Are you coming to mine and Claire's 18th on Saturday?02br
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00I wonder whether we could we justify this on the grounds that it's simply another way of saying:02br
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002. Are you coming to Claire's 18th and mine on Saturday?02br
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01cite10Davkett12cite11i11font10Me and Sarah's house12font12i10 would be wrong, as would 11i11font10mine and Sarah's house12font12i10.12br
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10I guess I really don't want
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0I think I'd be happiest with "mine and Sarah's house", of the three original alternatives.02br
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0I would say: 02br
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001) Sarah 's hosue and mine are only half a block apart.02br
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002) My house and Sarah's are only half a block apart.02br
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00Me and Sarah's house? - um.....That does not sound like literal English to me.02br
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00One question: If "Sarah's house and mine" is correct, how could "mine a
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00Is that really the way they talk in California, CJ? 12blockquote
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00 My stats may be off a bit. Maybe 01i00me and Sarah's house02i00 is just as common or even more common.02br
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00 My observation is that they talk that way everywhere, not just in California! We can really surpri
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