Re: French expressions in English
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 27, 2000, 18:44 |
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, John Cowan wrote:
> "the governor of Florida's wife"
> = "the wife of the governor of Florida", not "the governor of the wife of Florida".
LOL! No, that would be "Florida's wife's governor" :-)
I didn't realize where the possessive 's' came from until I learned
to play something called "The King of Denmark his Galliard".
Irina
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