Timeline for What is correct? "My cat's, Tiger's, food is on sale." "My cat's, Tiger, food is on sale." [duplicate]
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| May 3, 2022 at 20:42 | history | closed |
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Duplicate of Appositives with possessiveness? | |
| May 3, 2022 at 18:36 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 3, 2022 at 18:16 | comment | added | Mitch | Questions about correctness are usually better handled over at English Language Learners | |
| May 3, 2022 at 18:15 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Does this answer your question? Appositives with possessiveness? 'The boy, Adam's, favorite toy was a bike.'? ... 'Since the boy and Adam are both noun phrases in an apposition relation, that in itself constitutes an NP, and that NP ends with Adam. Hence that's where -'s may be placed. The boy, Adam's, favorite toy was a bike.' (John Lawler) | |
| May 3, 2022 at 18:14 | answer | added | The_English_Teacher | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 3, 2022 at 17:38 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | Sorry, @JohnLawler, that's too simple and clear. | |
| May 3, 2022 at 17:20 | comment | added | John Lawler | If you must try to cram too much information into one sentence, put the -'s after Tiger and remove all the commas. | |
| S May 3, 2022 at 16:43 | review | First questions | |||
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| S May 3, 2022 at 16:43 | history | asked | Mary | CC BY-SA 4.0 |