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[arethinn]

May-the-Fourth-be-with-us is our (enotsola and me's* my) wedding anniversary.

So, yeah.

Woo for the_misha being qualified at the time to sign the fancy silly papers the gub'mint wants, because he was able to give us the "ooga booga, I wave my stick, you are married" kind of ceremony we wanted. No fancy preparations involved (although as I recall, my mother forced a bouquet into my hand, and I dyed my hair for the occasion).

This is whatcha get when you've been "together" for nine and engaged for seven years before you actually get married, I guess.

Like, whatever. I had delicious scallops and he had delicious swordfish today as an anniversary dinner. That's the important part. Right?

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* I've never liked that construction; but is "___ and I's" or "___'s and mine" any better?... this is one of the few situations in English where I really have no idea what is right, or even commonly prescribed. AAA RAVENCLAW NEEDS SOLID GUIDANCE

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[arethinn]

That's usually the rule I follow - what is immediately before the verb is what you need to agree with - but it seemed to come out wrong here... since "my" is adjectival and not a noun. (I guess? dang. I feel like I should concretely know and that being a bit drunk right now and therefore not knowing is a major moral failing.)

[digitalsidhe]

Well, "Eontsola's anniversary" and "my anniversary" would be parallel constructions... but you wouldn't want to say, "...is Enotsola's wedding anniversary and my wedding anniversary", because that makes it sound like there were two different weddings that just happened to occur on the same day (i.e., you're each married to other people). So again, I feel like "Enotsola's and my wedding anniversary" works.

Or go with "Enotsola's-and-my wedding anniversary", if that works better for you.

By the way, I didn't notice the tags on this entry until now. I think "oh yeah i'm married to this dude right" is hilarious!

[arethinn]

Someone else left me a longish comment on LJ explaining why "my" without a second possessive 's was correct, which I probably would have been able to figure out had I not been drunk when I wrote this post. :P