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Bookmark or Share- "One of my friends'" or "One of my friends's"? [closed]Different style guides will give different advice on whether it should be one of my friends' or one of my friends's. And different people will pronounce the result differently. Note, however, that one of my friends is singular. Adding the apostrophe to the end of anything that ends in s is one way of indicating its possession. I don't think it ...
- word choice - "Meet" a friend or "meet with" a friend? - English ...@Marita: The distinction above doesn't provide a hard-and-fast rule for all contexts. But in your example I sometimes meet [with] my friends I think with no further context, most native speakers would expect the preposition to be present (because you probably don't just encounter them, you spend time with them).
- Is it correct to say "Me and my friend, we..."?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. –
- Which is correct in this sentence: "me and my" or "my and my"?"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.
- Should I put myself last? "me and my friends" vs. "my friends and me ...My friends and I went for some ice cream. Did you see my friends and me at the ice cream stand? Examples of "incorrect" usage: Me and my friends went for some ice cream. Did you see me and my friends at the ice cream stand? Note: I was also taught that the only person who could put themselves first was the queen.
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