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halfveela t1_iuc7rls wrote

My's

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CantHugEveryPlatypus t1_iucdoxm wrote

Reddit is really struggling with possessive pronouns

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tara_constance OP t1_iucg8s0 wrote

We are still a little buzzed from the night, so my grammar is definitely in need of constructive criticism XD

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Shoogled t1_iucltnm wrote

Try: My boyfriend and me in our Hallowe’en costumes.

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Fuzakeruna t1_iud737r wrote

Ooo, nice throwback to the apostrophe that used to be in Halloween.

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Shoogled t1_iudngkp wrote

As far as I’m concerned it isn’t a throwback; it’s simply the correct spelling. 😊

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barneyaa t1_iudujnc wrote

And I

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GaGaORiley t1_iue5sm3 wrote

No. If it was one person, it would be “(this is) me in my Hallowe’en costume,” not, “(this is I in my Hallowe’en costume”.

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Shoogled t1_iue7w3p wrote

Both are arguably correct but me is preferable. It can only be ‘my boyfriend and I’ if one is trying to say ‘this is my boyfriend and I’, accepting that the verb ‘to be’ takes the nominative case. But I presume you don’t usually say ‘this is I’ because that sounds like an affectation.

You would never say this is a picture of I. So you mustn’t say ‘this is a picture of my boyfriend and I.’

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tatakatakashi t1_iucqjan wrote

Technically you were closer than people usually are. Most people would write “Me and my boyfriend’s costume”, which is wrong but sounds right. Correctly it’s “My boyfriend’s and my costume”, as both have to be in the possessive, but it doesn’t roll nicely so u/shoogled has it nice

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frogandbanjo t1_iudcga8 wrote

"Me and my boyfriend" is a perfectly acceptable compound noun, though.

"The costume being worn by both me and my boyfriend, together, collectively, as a couple," is a valid sentence (edit: well, a relevant fragment of one.) Yes, it uses the passive voice, which ordinarily isn't great, but its usage is intentional to get my point across.

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bellyscritches t1_iuczz0k wrote

It should be "My and my boyfriend's costumes."

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Complete-Dimension35 t1_iudf01j wrote

Whenever you're naming multiple parties in which you are one, always put yourself last. "I/me and [whoever]" is always grammatically incorrect. "[Whoever] and I/me" is the correct structure.

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Shoogled t1_iuezcei wrote

I know what you’re getting at but I think you’re wrong to suggest it’s to do with grammar. Putting oneself after others in a list is stylistically better but not to do so isn’t incorrect.

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Cogwheel t1_iufo9ip wrote

Or they write "My boyfriend and I's costume"

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halfveela t1_iug5v7x wrote

I don't normally nag about grammar like that but "my's" is particularly egregious and kind of hilarious. I hope it means ya'll had a fuckton of fun lol.

You just need to move that possessive ('s) from after "my" (because "my" is already possessive) to after "boyfriend" instead and your sentence is perfect.

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PillowTalk420 t1_iufg8nk wrote

I don't struggle to possess any of them. I have a good lock on the basement.

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Ex-zaviera t1_iufozip wrote

Caught that.
And yet, it's an improvement on "I's":

My boyfriend and I's costumes.

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halfveela t1_iufukat wrote

Yeah, if I'm choosing at gunpoint, I guess I like my's costume better than I's costume...

...

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Fritzkreig t1_iubzwon wrote

You know what happens to the octopus right, the Deep is forced to eat it!

Awesome costumes!!!!

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KeyP2021 t1_iucbkbo wrote

genius, can't stop laughing

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er1026 t1_iudi6wm wrote

My’s?

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5ilver5hroud t1_iuc1dye wrote

Call me a sucker, but that’s good.

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DrMonkeyLove t1_iufmzee wrote

I'm just gonna say this. The Deep has great triceps.

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r7anubis t1_iud3cvm wrote

you're not hugging him properly, position displacement 🤣

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neildmaster t1_iuf11nn wrote

My and my boyfriend's...

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ajk7244 t1_iufanam wrote

It’s like they stopped teaching spelling and grammar 15-20 years ago.

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Minnewildsota t1_iud4p8a wrote

On the plus side, he gets to eat you later.

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ajk7244 t1_iufagzp wrote

Never heard anyone say “my’s”

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BoiledFroglet t1_iufeppi wrote

You know, you could also have gone as Starlight. Wouldn’t have been half as funny mind.

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FaxDwellerCat t1_iucxxzv wrote

Agh no, that reminds me of that horrible picture of a naked guy on the beach with an octupus, followed by an even more horrible text, which i had just forgotten.

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Bella870 t1_iud66ps wrote

Ok this is amazing

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Dstroy187 t1_iuda0pm wrote

So you telling everyone you suck his dick?
Great costumes by the way.

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LastPlaceIWas t1_iufwvb4 wrote

I don't know what's more possessive, your use of my's or the octopus hanging on. LOL.

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OMGWTFBBQ630 t1_iugaf8v wrote

What if we stopped offering thoughts and prayers, and instead, offered prayers and thoughts?

Stares DEEPly

Gong

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MyMonte94 t1_iuc0efm wrote

You just won Halloween

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Revenge_of_the_User t1_iuc76pn wrote

Genuinely got a laugh out of my roomie and I.

Delightful costumes.

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StuiWooi t1_iuekzoo wrote

Comments letting me down here; no idea what's being referenced 🤷‍♂️

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tara_constance OP t1_iuelck1 wrote

It’s from the show on Amazon called The Boys. This is the character The Deep from s3e6

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StuiWooi t1_iuemuro wrote

Oh neat, it's on my watchlist!

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OMGWTFBBQ630 t1_iuga6mx wrote

Be prepared for lots of gore, swearing and sex.

It's honestly one of my favourite shows.

I also recommend Invincible if you liked it, both on Prime video. Very similar shows and very different shows at the same time.

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payfrit t1_iuf7a1e wrote

my's

always wondered how that was spelled

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justhereforass2 t1_iuc3mey wrote

You look similar to Olivia Wilde

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X2Gen t1_iucalx7 wrote

U mean Kate McKinnon right?

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justhereforass2 t1_iudsijj wrote

Never heard of her

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G_O_ifuR_ t1_iucq7o3 wrote

Funniest Halloween costume

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ForgottenNoMore t1_iucv5n4 wrote

Creativity is off the charts. Thank you for giving me a good laugh

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ax0r7ag0z t1_iudtnry wrote

That's fucked up in the best possible way!

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robby8892 t1_iueaeb4 wrote

I'd love to know whose idea this was

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tara_constance OP t1_iuet3s2 wrote

We were going to dress up as characters from the Boys either way, but a friend suggested this and we had to do it !

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Thisguyrightheredawg t1_iufqfvg wrote

I'm gonna assume it's was extremely cold in the room you took the picture in.

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max_if_ t1_iuco4nd wrote

Shouldn’t he technically be inside you for the full costume to make sense?

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Azulanze t1_iudbnmh wrote

Yet I have a feeling that If I dressed up as Bill Cosby not many people would be amused.

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_-_ThrowItAllAway t1_iucxtpn wrote

can we stop with the highlighter all over the face thing or is the glow part of the costume?

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