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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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you´s

Please, could sombody be kind to explain me what you´s means here "Well, that was the instructors´ confusion, that was people who where teaching you´s confusion... is it you´s in this expresion of a form of possesive noun? and semilar to your ?
Thank you Jana
  

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No. It's: Well, that was the instructor s´ confusion, that was [people who where teaching you] ´s confusion = That was the confusion of the instructors and of people teaching you. It's rather inelegant, but you'll hear such things in informal conversation.

  • No.
  • It's: Well, that was the instructor s´ confusion, that was [people who where teaching you] ´s confusion = That was the confusion of the instructors and of people teaching you.
  • It's rather inelegant, but you'll hear such things in informal conversation.
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No. It's:

Well, that was the instructor confusion, that was [people who where teaching you]´s confusion = That was the confusion of the instructors and of people teaching you.

It's rather inelegant, but you'll hear such things in informal conversation.
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Anonymous Please, could sombody be kind to explain me what you´s means here "Well, that was the instructors´ confusion, that was people who where teaching you´s confusion... is it you´s in this expresion of a form of possesive noun? and semilar to your ?Thank you Jana
Jana;

The possessive does not apply to "you", it is the possessive form of the entir

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