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[changeling]

Today's lesson in English: Possessive form of pronouns.

Pronoun	Possessive	Contraction
She	Her	She's (she is/has)
He	His	He's (he is/has)
It	Its	It's (it is/has)
Who	Whose	Who's (who is/has)

Thank you and goodnight.

Comments

[dorukai.livejournal.com]

I find it odd that you now have a cartoon LotR icon when we just recently watched the cartoon (actually, I had to turn it off, everyone hated it).
Amusing watching it after being steeped in much Jackson LotR.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

As I mentioned in my previous post, someone screencapped the animated movie. I actually borrowed it once. I remember Ringwraiths riding through a misty forest, I think. I didn't watch much of it. I was Unimpressed.

[billradish.livejournal.com]

I've only seen the screencaps and I'm unimpressed...

[billradish.livejournal.com]

Whyfor is this?

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

I was spoilt in the middle of a really, really excellent LOTRips by someone who didn't know the difference between whose and who's. That sort of thing breaks my story-state like nothing else. Growl.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Well, I barely remember it, but judging from the screencaps alone, I really have to agree. It's craptastic. Puketacular.

[dorukai.livejournal.com]

I actually own the video, if you're up for either: a good laugh, some self-punishment or a good cry (at the poor quality).

Actually, it's not as bad as it could have been. I remember quite liking it as a child.

[billradish.livejournal.com]

*snuggs* I thought I'd ask... Last time I had an urge to do something like that (which isn't often, as I'm often caught on the its/it's thing) was because I was in an advanced Research Paper Writing course and the instructors spent a week and a half explaining the differences between essay types (can't remember them now, but if you told me one I could write it, no problem. really, really fecking basic stuff. the class I'd taken before that hadn't even touched on it, it was that basic).

[billradish.livejournal.com]

Which explains why I'm now tempted to rent it...right? >_>

[lillithj.livejournal.com]

You forgot They, Their and They're which are not to be confused with There and There's.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

True. It was really whose vs who's that I wanted to make my point about, though.

[lillithj.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. I still have to look those up every now and again.

[fin.livejournal.com]

hmm... that make me wonder... why is there an 's' added to the end of the possessive feminine pronoun when the subject is gapped? (it doesn't happen for male or neuter)

ie. "That is her dog. The dog is hers.

The only reason I can think of is so it can be distuished from the accusative feminine (her).

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

I don't do linguistics, so I couldn't be sure. The male and neuter already have 's' on the end of their word, which is probably the reason why they don't have it.