On May 8, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > "ours" is the word you're looking for. A genitive 1st person plural > adjective.
Furthermore, it's the *independent* form of the 1st person plural genitive pronoun. When functioning as a dependent adjective, it's just "our". Compare 1) the problem is theirs not ours vs 2) it is their problem not our problem James (who happened to do his undergrad linguistics degree where Russell did his undergrad physics/maths) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
