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20Mar/103
How should I properly word “the relationship between one and other individual in my literature essay?
Reader question: i.e Relationship of John with Elaine
ii) Elaine's and John's relationship
iii) John's relationship with Elaine
iv) John and Elaine relationship.
v) Jhn, and Elaine relationship.
If neither, please tell me how to state this. THis might be a little obvious to you, but I must select and use standard english, as that is one of the grading criteria. The reason is that english is not my first language.
THanks guys
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March 20th, 2010 - 07:33
the relationship between John and Elaine. or John and Elaine’s relationship.
March 20th, 2010 - 07:50
If you actually must pick one of the choices, I would pick ii) Elaine’s and John’s relationship.
Otherwise, I would say Elaine and John’s relationship; or John and Elaine’s relationship.
March 20th, 2010 - 08:27
I’d use one of the three middle ones. The first one sounds awkward and the last one has an unnecessary comma. Your choice should depend on what you are writing about. If you’ve got a paragraph describing John’s life then I would use iii or iv. If writing about Elaine then I’d use ii.
For example:
“John was a lonely man who didn’t get out of the house much. All the people who knew him thought he was strange except for Elaine. John’s relationship with Elaine was a unique one.”