Double Possessive
Double Possessive
(OP)
Just a quickie: My wife's name is Melissa, for example. Do I say:
Melissa father's house
or
Melissa's father's house
or
????
Been wondering about this for a long time.
Melissa father's house
or
Melissa's father's house
or
????
Been wondering about this for a long time.





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Cheers
Greg Locock
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BigH perhaps your long stay in India has corrupted your thought process.
RE: Double Possessive
Perhaps you are thinking that both posessives belong to the house?
Melissa possesses a father. Her father possesses a house. GregLocock and arunmrao are correct.
JHG
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That was just mean
Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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No harm meant. I am from India and it is common to come across the first option suggested by BigH.That is Indian English if you may so.
However my apologies if it has hurt you BigH.
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by the way, shouldn't have you said "your thinking process"?
Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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In our city, it is common to name large buildings. For example, all commercial and apartment buildings (including quadplexes) have a unique name.
Maybe Melissa's father should name his house, then you can call it by name?
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If you know the locality and the child's name you can locate the house without an address. Food for thought for Google.
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"What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine"
"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
-- by Albert Einstein
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or not to be posh : Her old man's house.
Or is it Her-indoor's dad's house??
corus
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Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Melissa's
Melissase's
Where are you going with this?
B.E.
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