Hi Nino, Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment! My best guess is that he just wanted to write lyrics that rhymed with "friend" instead of "girl." You may have noticed that singers and songwriters take a lot of "artistic liberties" with grammar (and sometimes even pronunciation) - keep that in mind if songs are among your main learning tools. In this case, since we are talking about a relationship, a possessive with 's would sound more natural to a native speaker, but what Elvis says is not wrong. I hope that helps! Enjoy! ABBE
Very logical. Where it gets tricky is when you write it. There's "the book's price" versus "the books' price". And I CRINGE when I see *"the boss' wife".* How do you even pronounce that?? I always say it should be "the boss's wife". It doesn't matter that it ends in S, when it's not a plural.
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Excellent explanation!!!
Thanks for this lesson Adde
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It's really very good. I like this
I really appreciate your classes I love that.
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thank you very much :) in Russian we have Genetive Case and possessive adjectives, and i like Yours Possessive in English :))
Hi Abbe!
Thank you for this video!
Why does Elvis say in his song : The girl of my best friend?
Hi Nino,
Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment! My best guess is that he just wanted to write lyrics that rhymed with "friend" instead of "girl." You may have noticed that singers and songwriters take a lot of "artistic liberties" with grammar (and sometimes even pronunciation) - keep that in mind if songs are among your main learning tools. In this case, since we are talking about a relationship, a possessive with 's would sound more natural to a native speaker, but what Elvis says is not wrong. I hope that helps! Enjoy!
ABBE
@@mosalingua Hi! Thank you for your answer. I learned a little more about Elvis and practiced my English a little more 🙂.
I like it
Abbe is especially nice in this video, as always. 👍
😊 thank you
pensé que ablabas en español :/
Very logical. Where it gets tricky is when you write it. There's "the book's price" versus "the books' price". And I CRINGE when I see *"the boss' wife".* How do you even pronounce that?? I always say it should be "the boss's wife". It doesn't matter that it ends in S, when it's not a plural.
Agreed, Steve! Sometimes it's best to just say "the price of the book(s)" to make yourself clear. 🤷♀
Thanks for reading 🙂
ABBE