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[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What native English speaker can possibly think that "my wife and I's" is correct?

[-] FlagonOfMe@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

People who had bad teachers and learn it's always "friend and I", or that's all they remember.

But I don't get how they don't know it's wrong when it just sounds so wrong.

[-] infinitejones@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The grammar Nazis will hate me for this but I'm going with "A friend of mine and my wife's" as the least horrible way of saying it.

"A friend of mine booked a table..." - all good

"A friend of my wife's booked a table..." - yep - and check here if you don't like "wife's": https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/a-friend-of-his-wifes.2438592/

"A friend of my wife's and mine booked a table..." - nope

"A friend of mine and my wife's booked a table..." - works for me

[-] janWilejan@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

Wait, what is the correct way to write this? "my wife and my friend booked a table" makes it sound like the wife was also involved in booking the table, whereas the original made it clear that just the friend booked the table.

[-] JJohns87@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'd go with "My wife's and my friend" but I'm no expert.

[-] relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Just fission

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It actually serves fission chips.

[-] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

They're delicious, but I should stop eating. I'm already at critical mass.

[-] Sinnerman@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

They have a number counter at that restaurant that updates every time that joke is made.

(...wait for it...)

But it's actually a count-DOWN.

[-] renrenPDX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

The Final CountDowwwwwwwwn

[-] r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru 1 points 1 year ago
[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

the nukes they built were fission bombs, but...

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