Vandalism
I got a load of chalk, felt-tip markers and paint from friends one Christmas in a thinly-veiled attempt to get me involved with their plan to vandalise the toilets at the local park. My downfall: Signing my name. Tell us your stories of anti-social behaviour.
Thanks to Bamboo Steamer for the suggestion
( , Thu 7 Oct 2010, 12:10)
I got a load of chalk, felt-tip markers and paint from friends one Christmas in a thinly-veiled attempt to get me involved with their plan to vandalise the toilets at the local park. My downfall: Signing my name. Tell us your stories of anti-social behaviour.
Thanks to Bamboo Steamer for the suggestion
( , Thu 7 Oct 2010, 12:10)
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Ah, hang on
I was wrong, but not on the crucial point.
My examples aren't possessive adjectives at all, they're nouns with an enclitic suffixed to show possession.
The possessive adjectives (or possessive determiners) in English are:
My
Your
His
Her
Its
Our
Their
Whose
...and the corresponding possessive pronouns are:
Mine
Yours
His
Hers
Its
Ours
Theirs
Whose
"One's" is just a noun (one) with an enclitic ('s).
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:47, 1 reply)
I was wrong, but not on the crucial point.
My examples aren't possessive adjectives at all, they're nouns with an enclitic suffixed to show possession.
The possessive adjectives (or possessive determiners) in English are:
My
Your
His
Her
Its
Our
Their
Whose
...and the corresponding possessive pronouns are:
Mine
Yours
His
Hers
Its
Ours
Theirs
Whose
"One's" is just a noun (one) with an enclitic ('s).
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:47, 1 reply)
This is why I'm confused.
Why the clitic? I don't understand why one can't just write 'ones hands'. It doesn't make sense.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:50, closed)
Why the clitic? I don't understand why one can't just write 'ones hands'. It doesn't make sense.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:50, closed)
Same reason you can't write "womens hands"
"One" isn't a personal pronoun, it's just a common or garden noun.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 12:09, closed)
"One" isn't a personal pronoun, it's just a common or garden noun.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 12:09, closed)
I see your point.
I'm glad we cleared that up. Every day's a school day.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 12:16, closed)
I'm glad we cleared that up. Every day's a school day.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 12:16, closed)
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