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Title: grammar question
Post by: white Boy on August 22, 2004, 05:27:01 PM: ok check this out, i could be a total idiot, but tell me the answer to this

"Mike was on the ground, John picked up his suitcase."

whos suitcase did john pick up, Mikes or his own???

is this a flaw in the english language.
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: Nutty on August 22, 2004, 06:55:18 PM: I'm guessing that John's picked up Mike's suitcase.
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: white Boy on August 22, 2004, 07:30:29 PM: or john picked up HIS suitcase... wats the dif, to me, it could be either or
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: mrtonguetwista on August 22, 2004, 07:35:51 PM: Quote from: white boy on August 22, 2004, 05:27:01 PM
ok check this out, i could be a total idiot
Oh, you are. ;D
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: MANBEARPIG. on August 22, 2004, 07:38:27 PM: Quote from: white boy on August 22, 2004, 05:27:01 PM
ok check this out, i could be a total idiot, but tell me the answer to this

"Mike was on the ground, John picked up his suitcase."

whos suitcase did john pick up, Mikes or his own???

is this a flaw in the english language.

its a possesion error

it is supposed to be determined buy preceding or following sentences
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: white Boy on August 22, 2004, 08:31:54 PM: Quote from: KIDrenegade619 Got The Streets In a Muthafuckin Cobra Clutch You Bitch! on August 22, 2004, 07:38:27 PM
Quote from: white boy on August 22, 2004, 05:27:01 PM
ok check this out, i could be a total idiot, but tell me the answer to this

"Mike was on the ground, John picked up his suitcase."

whos suitcase did john pick up, Mikes or his own???

is this a flaw in the english language.

its a possesion error

it is supposed to be determined buy preceding or following sentences
who buy what?
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: white Boy on August 22, 2004, 08:32:16 PM: Quote from: Kif Killa on August 22, 2004, 07:35:51 PM
Quote from: white boy on August 22, 2004, 05:27:01 PM
ok check this out, i could be a total idiot
Oh, you are. ;D
lmao,
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: MANBEARPIG. on August 22, 2004, 10:32:18 PM: Quote from: white boy on August 22, 2004, 08:31:54 PM
Quote from: KIDrenegade619 Got The Streets In a Muthafuckin Cobra Clutch You Bitch! on August 22, 2004, 07:38:27 PM
Quote from: white boy on August 22, 2004, 05:27:01 PM
ok check this out, i could be a total idiot, but tell me the answer to this

"Mike was on the ground, John picked up his suitcase."

whos suitcase did john pick up, Mikes or his own???

is this a flaw in the english language.

its a possesion error

it is supposed to be determined buy preceding or following sentences
who buy what?

sorry I meant by
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: mauzip on August 22, 2004, 10:34:59 PM: John picked up Mike's suitcase.
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: Kill on August 23, 2004, 04:03:33 AM: there's no way of telloing who the possessive pronoun is related to. hence it could be either person's suitcase
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: Don Seer on August 23, 2004, 04:18:27 AM: because of the comma. john picked up mikes suitcase.
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: Gangstauu on August 23, 2004, 01:19:50 PM: yo
I Was at the playground too, And I saw it all happening
John picked up mike's suitcase
I asked him his name he said he was john, and he was picking up mike suitcase
Pretty coincidence I saw this happenin and u talk about huh?

pz
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: white Boy on August 23, 2004, 01:47:40 PM: Quote from: Overseer on August 23, 2004, 04:18:27 AM

because of the comma. john picked up mikes suitcase.

thanks
Title: Re: grammar question
Post by: [sepehr] on August 23, 2004, 03:31:16 PM: Quote from: Overseer on August 23, 2004, 04:18:27 AM

because of the comma. john picked up mikes suitcase.