Which is correct?

Question

Suppose George and I own something, say a farm. Is it
1) George and my farm,
2) George and me's farm,
3) George's and my farm, or
4) George and I's farm?

Anyone who says George and I's should be shot. If the farm belonged to just me, I wouldn't say "I's".

Answer 1

It's number 3. You need to think of it as if you're saying it as two seperate sentences. You'd say "It's George's farm." for him, and you'd say "It's my farm" for you. So when you put them together, you say "George's and my farm."

Answer 2

A couple of people have given the correct answer, but here is why it should be George's and my farm:

If I died, it would obviously be 'George's farm'. If George died, it would obviously be 'my farm'. When we combine the sentences, the rules do not change -- it is George's and my farm.

Answer 3

#3, but boy, does it ever sound awkward! I'm with the poster who said The farm that belongs to George and me-rolls off the tongue much better.

Answer 4

the farm that belongs to George and me.

Answer 5

George's and my farm. You would say "it is George's and my farm" and leaving out George you would say "It is my farm".

Answer 6

3. You have to put each word into a tense that allows it to stand alone in the sentence, and to say "george's" farm and "my" farm makes the most grammatical sense.

Answer 7

Our farm, George's and mine.

Answer 8

#3-try saying "George's farm and my farm"-works, right?

Answer 9

number 1 is correct

because when you take out George and, I farm sounds wrong, only my farm sounds right. and if its your farm, you don't need the apostrophe s, when we know its already yours

Answer 10

3. George's and my farm. You both have ownership, so you would use possessive for both of the subjects.