Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Criminal Sentence 21: Not Her's

From an online book review I saw this morning:

"I'm a big fan of her's."

I'm not a big fan of that. "Her's" is not a word. "Hers" is a possessive adjective, and possessive adjectives do not use apostrophes. Other possessives, such as Jake's or the teacher's, do.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 14, 2008 at 12:26 AM

    Wouldn't "hers" still be incorrect?

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  2. The Sentence SleuthJune 15, 2008 at 9:12 AM

    Consider "She's a friend of mine." You can't write "a friend of me" or "a friend of my."
    "Hers" is therefore correct.

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