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Christine Christie Posted 4 years ago
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Is this sentence correct:



"As I stated in my yesterday's message, we are going through some financial difficulties at the moment."




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You can't say "my yesterday's message"; it is ungrammatical and unidiomatic. It's "my message of yesterday" ("yesterday" is a noun) or "my message yesterday" ("yesterday" is an adverb). Neither "my message" nor "yesterday's message", although perfectly grammatical, conveys your whole meaning.

  • You can't say "my yesterday's message"; it is ungrammatical and unidiomatic.
  • It's "my message of yesterday" ("yesterday" is a noun) or "my message yesterday" ("yesterday" is an adverb).
  • Neither "my message" nor "yesterday's message", although perfectly grammatical, conveys your whole meaning.
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You can't say "my yesterday's message"; it is ungrammatical and unidiomatic. It's "my message of yesterday" ("yesterday" is a noun) or "my message yesterday" ("yesterday" is an adverb). Neither "my message" nor "yesterday's message", although perfectly grammatical, conveys your whole meaning.

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