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Okay, a grammar quiz: Choose two. (Hint: Each person is punching with just one arm)
A) Bob's and Frank's fist smashed into the wall.
B) Bob and Frank's fist smashed into the wall.
C) Bob's and Frank's fists smashed into the wall.
D) Bob and Frank's fists smashed into the wall.
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E) Bob's and my fist smashed into the wall.
F) Bob and my fist smashed into the wall.
G) Bob's and my fists smashed into the wall.
H) Bob and my fists smashed into the wall.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I am leaning towards B and E.
The only problem I am having is whether to use "fist" or "fists" for the Bob and Frank's structure.
But I am sure that your choice of B is wrong because the rules are pretty clear about only using an apostrophe for the second name.
http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)It says, "Tim and Bethany share the same wedding invitation, whereas Courtney and Mem each have their own grade point averages."
That's incorrect, I'm pretty sure. When using "each," the subject is considered singular, so verb would be singular. It should be, "Tim and Bethany share the same wedding invitation, whereas Courtney and Mem each has his own grade point average."
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)So C and E for me.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)petronius
(26,581 posts)attack a wall. Two fist, or go home!
Ptah
(32,983 posts)I) Bob and I smashed our fists into the wall.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Remove the passive voice. But that's cheating
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Thinking:
Bob's fist smashed into the wall, and Frank's fist smashed into the wall (so it's Bob's and Frank's fist smashed into the wall)
Bob's fist smashed into the wall, and my fist smashed into the wall (so it's Bob's and my fist smashed into the wall).
But I'm not sure. ???
Reading up on this, it looks like it should be:
C: Bob's and Frank's fists ...
Unsure about teh second one.
In_The_Wind
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RILib
(862 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Because you would say "Our fists"...