Comments on: Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Phrasal Possessive http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/10/grammar-lesson-of-the-day-the-phrasal-possessive-2/ A First Things Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 23:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nobody.really http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/10/grammar-lesson-of-the-day-the-phrasal-possessive-2/comment-page-1/#comment-86308 nobody.really Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:39:43 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=54221#comment-86308 Ha! I get it. Capt. Spalding (Groucho Marx), recounting his exploits in Africa: “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I’ll never know.”

But while we’re at Burger King, the Grammar Lesson of the Day might recall an Onion headline: “William F. Buckley goes to Burger King, Orders Two Whoppers Jr.”

Get it? Most people would say “two Whopper Jr’s,” but not Buckley….

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