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Geoffrey Layton <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:40:51 -0500
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I'm trying to determine the correct construction for POSSESSIVE NOUN + POSSESSIVE PRONOUN + NOUN.  The example I just received was from a student who was using a joint email account with her father and now has her own:  "I had sent you my father and my email address."  ". . . my father's and my . . ." seems equally awkward, but one internet source said that's correct.  It seems that the same problem occurs with any similar construction - possessive noun + possessive pronoun + modified noun.  I feel pretty ignorant here - can somebody help me out?  
Geoff Layton
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