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Anon tries to solve a mystery (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Pretty interesting read for a non native speaker, i got to say. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Pretty interesting read for a native speaker, even.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You can also think of the phrase as replacing the name of the subject of the sentence that we're trying to say has possession of something. Like a pronoun. So,

this individual I spotted's face

Could be better conceptualized as:

"this individual I spotted" + 's face, or "his" face

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Thats actually a good help for me as a german because some people do talk like that. They would say something like "That is peter his car" Instead of "That is peter's car" (But in german you would skip the ' )