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- he was very possessive of his girlfriend's attention, and it was really starting to annoy her
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A Guide to Double Possessives
A Guide to Double Possessives
They're perfectly grammatical.
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Fun with grammar: the possessive, or not, before an -ing word
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“Possessive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possessive. Accessed 11 Jul. 2020.
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The first known use of possessive was in the 15th century
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