What is the possessive of boss; ie, how do you describe the son of the boss?
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What is the possessive of a noun ending in ‑s?  Are these both right, or is the second one wrong?   the boys' books the boss' car
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Possible Duplicate:           What is correct? We are a family of four: my father, my mother, my brother and me. or We are a family of four: my father, my mother, my brother and I. or We are a family of four: my father, my mother, my brother and myself.
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I want to talk to someone about the house that my wife and I own.  Saying, for example, "My wife's and my house is awesome," sounds a bit funny to me.  What's the best way to express this?  Clarification  I'm asking specifically about the grammar of multiple nouns in possessive form.  I'm particularly curious if it's possible to do this with a first-person pronoun (me).  I am capable of rephrasing this in other ways - my question is not how to express the idea, but about this particular grammatical construction, if it is even legal.
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For example, instead of      The guy who is beside me is a jerk     I can say        The guy beside me is a jerk.    It is okay if I don't use the relative pronoun here, either way is correct. But instead of "The guy who sits beside me is a jerk" I cannot say "The guy sits beside me is a jerk." And I cannot say "The people sit beside me are jerks." or "The people sit beside me keep changing." etc.   What is the rule about this? In what situations do I have a chance to not to use the relative pronoun?
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Is this the correct use of an apostrophe when showing a name and relationship?     When was your father, Robert's, wedding?   Thanks!
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Is it correct to use Mr/Mrs with a first name?
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Sometimes it’s possible to use either a noun adjunct or the possessive case.     the shop door   the shop’s door   However, in certain phrases it’s not OK to do so.     the ship’s crew (the ship crew is wrong)   The questions are:   How can one find out what to use in such cases as “the shop(’s) door” when a noun adjunct option and the possessive case option are available?  How can one know which option is wrong in order to avoid the construction “ship crew”? Is there a difference in meaning between (a) the shop door (b) the shop’s door?
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How would you explain to a person who is learning English, and whose native language does not have attributive nouns, when the possessive should be used instead of an attributive noun?  In particular, how would you explain it referring to the following list of sentences?   Today's news is bad This week's schedule has been changed Tomorrow's lunch will be at the French restaurant This year's report will be communicated in the reunion room Last summer's vacations were memorable Last year's meetings were a complete disaster
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When adding possessive-S/apostrophe to a list, the rule is only the last person has the apostrophe if the item is shared, or everyone has one if they have the items each, e.g.  John and Mary's houses = the houses that belong jointly to John and Mary.  John's and Mary's houses = the houses that belong to John and Mary as individuals, at least one each.  However, I am curious if the rules are slightly different when possessive pronouns are used for a single item.  You and Mary's house OR your and Mary's house?  I'm even more unclear when the first person is involved.  Mary and my house OR Mary's and my house?  Finally, when there are at least three people, including the first person, does the last named person have the possessive-S/apostrophe, or all/none of them?   John, Mary and my house John, Mary's and my house John's, Mary's and my house   I'd be very grateful to anyone able to clarify this, ideally with a some form of reference, as I can't find it anywhere.    There have been several suggestions to use "our", yet if the text refers to a group of people, all of whom own co-own houses with some others within the group*, then the above style wording would be necessary, so my question stands.  * eg I own a house with John and Mary, I co-own another with Peter and yet another with Philip and Sarah.
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I've read both forms in newspapers and online news: elder brother and older brother. What's the difference between them? When should I use which?
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I would like to say something like     The boy, Adam's, favorite toy was a bike.   What is the proper way to say this?
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Given the sentence: "A mother beat up her daughter because she was drunk".  Is there a grammar rule that can help resolve the ambiguity of whether "drunk" refers to the mother or the daughter?  Update: The question isn't about how to rewrite the sentence. If you found the sentence already written and had no access to the author in order to sort out the ambiguity, what would be the most correct interpretation?
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Is there a term for words that summon someone like "Man," "Dude," "Kid" in sentences such as "Hey, Dude," "Listen up, kid," etc?    I am sure there is, but I can't really remember what it is.
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My colleague he have two brothers. I want to know, he is first/second/third son of his parents, ie., the order in the family among their siblings.  I can simply ask     Are you first son of your family?   It simply give some predictions, I don't want to that.  Is there a better way to ask the question?
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Is it correct to say "I wrote him" or "I wrote to him"?  My Mother was a stickler for English grammar and would say "I wrote your Uncle..." rather than "I wrote to your Uncle..."
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I’m going to the christening of my cousin’s first son soon. What is the proper name for his relation to me?  Second nephew? Nephew once removed? Nothing?  Looking at the overall picture, what's the accepted rule for the naming of all of our various relations?
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Think of the simple phrase "Bill's friend".  If you were going to turn this around using the preposition 'of' would you say:   A friend of Bill's or A friend of Bill   It appears to me that, in the US anyway, people always say "A friend of Bill's".  Even though I'm a native American English speaker, this just sounds weird to me. It seems to create a 'double possessive' (a term I just invented). I always want to respond: "A friend of Bill's what?" A friend of Bill's aunt?  So what's at work here, and do British English speakers also do this?