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Oden	Nov 23rd, 2010 03:09 am

be best friends with...

Hi Sue,

Bride-to-be moves on after tragic prank - Yahoo! News

Quote:

...Rachelle says, "I'm absolutely best friends with the girl…. Blaming her would be ridiculous."

I'm absolutely best friends with the girl….
This is grammatically correct, isn't it?

- I'm absolutely the best friend of the girl's.
- I'm absolutely the girl's best friend.
Are these two sentences good too?

susan53

Nov 23rd, 2010 06:02 am

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I don't like I'm absolutely the best friend of the girl's. It sounds very clumsy, a) because of the double possessive and b) because when you're talking about people, it's much more usual to use the possessive 's than to use "of".

But the other two are fine.

Oden	Nov 23rd, 2010 06:33 am

Re: be best friends with...

Thank you, Sue.

susan53

Nov 23rd, 2010 08:09 am

Re: be best friends with...

I'm getting a collection of teddies here now too :)

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