Jul 23, 2019 · That's my friend's ball. However, it doesn't impart the same idea of having multiple friends, and the friend with their ball being just one of them. The only real way to preserve the sense of plurality, while still having the possessive with a singular ball not produce something strange either in style or speech, is to rephrase it in a way ...

Apr 2, 2020 · The only reason why "I and my friend" is discouraged is because it's considered discourteous to put yourself first. When you say "My friend and I love the sun" the subject is plural, and then the plural form of "love" is required. When you say "My friend loves the sun" you must use the 3rd person singular form of the verb -- "loves".

Jul 14, 2011 · The question here is: is "my" a definite personal pronoun, or just a personal pronoun? I believe the answer is that in most dialects of English, "my" is a definite personal pronoun, so you should use "my friend" whenever you would use "the friend", and "a friend of mine" or "one of my friends" when you would say a friend.

Aug 16, 2019 · "He affected me and my friend's day." or "He affected my and my friend's day." It seems clear to me that the first sentence clearly sounds the best, but I was always told that you should be able to isolate the sentence to just one of the objects, i.e. remove my friend from the sentence, and when I do that, only the second sentence makes sense.

My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner. I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" because you want to specify who) possess something. Is it "Julie's and mine", "Mine and Julies", "Julie and my"...? For instance, "Julie and my favorite band is Eluveitie."

May 29, 2012 · spoken on the phone as a favor to the common friend ; interceded on some issue at the request of the friend ; never met or spoken at all, but are aware of the other based on information provided by the mutual friend; be on the road to becoming a friend-in-fact; You, the friend, and the friend-of-a-friend are all links in a social network.

My friend and I is correct, as you and your friend are still the subject of the sentence (albeit in apposition). However, it is common to say me and my friend, particularly in colloquial situations. If you are speaking in a formal register, use my friend and I; if not, use whichever you prefer. –

Nov 1, 2017 · My friend (John) and I went shopping. So there's still just you and John. I think that most people would assume John was the friend however the commas were arranged, unless they had prior knowledge to suggest otherwise. eg. John and I waited for ages for my friend to turn up. Finally she did, and my friend, John, and I went shopping.

1968 ‘Fraternity of Man’ Don't bogart Me (transcription of song) in www.stlyrics.com (O.E.D. archive) , Don't bogart that joint, my friend Pass it over to me. Here's the song's lyrics: Don't bogart that joint, my friend Pass it over to me. Don't bogart that joint, my friend Pass it over to me. Roll another one Just like the other one.

My girlfriend (a classmate) and I were (see, I don't know if that's the right word, hence this question!) the first from our school to be awarded a scholarship from this company. Is it more correct to say: Awarded such and such scholarship in 2011. A classmate and I were the first students from my college to be awarded this scholarship. Or: