tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post6959210945108334128..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: It's your day to master tricky possessivesLaurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-22066185898775709642012-11-06T10:00:11.885-05:002012-11-06T10:00:11.885-05:00I do have index cards of grammar rules including o...I do have index cards of grammar rules including one on possessives. I highly recommend them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-41100465892629941392012-11-05T18:01:14.289-05:002012-11-05T18:01:14.289-05:00Had to look that abbreviation up. I was pretty sur...Had to look that abbreviation up. I was pretty sure I didn't talk about prostate cancer. :-D LOL. Public service announcement. Gotcha. Though I've been called a superhero with a red pen.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-81739480710380265952012-11-05T17:31:36.604-05:002012-11-05T17:31:36.604-05:00I'm lucky to have such grammatically in-the-kn...I'm lucky to have such grammatically in-the-know followers. :-D Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-69266157398150890782012-11-05T17:29:41.134-05:002012-11-05T17:29:41.134-05:00I think it's because whom is rapidly disappear...I think it's because whom is rapidly disappearing from speech. All over the place I see pro-pet adoption car magnets that say "who rescued who?" Er, yeah, that should say "who rescued whom?" Once upon a time, I could say switch in HE and HIM to test which sounds right. That doesn't seem to help much any more. <br /><br />I'm having to revert to sentence diagramming language. Use the M version for objects. Things, people acted upon. "I was chasing whom in the dark?"Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-74846694571837883082012-11-05T17:23:14.517-05:002012-11-05T17:23:14.517-05:00Interesting. That one's pretty simple--same nu...Interesting. That one's pretty simple--same number of apostrophes as items possessed. occasionally it will be a really odd combo you have to deal with, like a single person and a couple: "The tree fell on Tim's and Dave and Becky's houses." Two houses, two apostrophes. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-81724410181159632812012-11-05T12:53:12.664-05:002012-11-05T12:53:12.664-05:00You wonderful PSAer. Great reminder~ <3You wonderful PSAer. Great reminder~ <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-65859556259803703072012-11-05T08:45:56.476-05:002012-11-05T08:45:56.476-05:00They don't trip me up, either. I even have Kar...They don't trip me up, either. I even have Karen's issue figured out, but that's after I had to research the answer. <br /><br />Thanks for the reminder, Laurel. :DStinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-49876938122709240692012-11-05T08:42:07.700-05:002012-11-05T08:42:07.700-05:00Possessives don't trip me up, but WHO and WHOM...Possessives don't trip me up, but WHO and WHOM sure do!Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-3674651837277135102012-11-05T08:09:57.008-05:002012-11-05T08:09:57.008-05:00I don't usually run into problems with these. ...I don't usually run into problems with these. What sends me running for the grammar book is the possessive form of a group, like Tim's, Dave's, and Becky's house or Tim, Dave, and Becky's house. Had to look that one up recently. Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.com