Re: A friend of John's

On 2007-11-10, Peter T. Daniels wrote:

The construction, called the "double possessive" in _Fowler's_
(3rd ed.)

Please don't cite Burchfield's perversion as if it had the authority
of Fowler.

Hmm, you like Fowler?! I'm surprised.


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