“me's” when referring to another version of you?
Let's say I want to refer to a toy that I had when I was younger. Would it be incorrect to say "young me's toy"?
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Let's say I want to refer to a toy that I had when I was younger. Would it be incorrect to say "young me's toy"?
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Let's say I want to refer to a toy that I had when I was younger. Would it be incorrect to say "young me's toy"?
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Let's say I want to refer to a toy that I had when I was younger. Would it be incorrect to say "young me's toy"?
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If you are using the noun phrase young me to describe yourself in the past, then adding an apostrophe and s to form the possessive would be normal.
Young me was quite precocious.
Young me's toys were all red.
Having said that, it's unusual to use young me in the first place. More typically, a variation would be used:
When I was a child, all of my toys were red.
But I can see young me (and the possessive) being used in the context of fiction, for example, if you go back in time and meet yourself. In that situation, you'd have to differentiate between your current self and your young self in some way. It's not unreasonable to think of that wording being the chosen device.
answered 2 days ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
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It would likely be better to avoidme'sand use something like "All the toys of the young me were red."
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
@HotLicks Yes, I too would add the definite article if I was talking about "the young me". "Young me" or "Young me's" as used in the OP seems very awkward even without the possessive s.
– BoldBen
2 days ago
Your toys were a child?
– Toothrot
yesterday
@Toothrot Oops! Thanks.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
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It seems grammatical, although it sounds weird unless it's meant humorously. But I have seen writers use the third-person when referring to themselves with such a construction, like young Manar's toy.
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
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It depends on your standards of correctness. Strictly speaking, me is
the accusative of a pronoun which is I in the nominative and mine
(if anything) in the genitive. So, one might think, it should be He
greeted the young me but The young I greeted him and the young mine
toy (the latter being clearly impossible). If you think the
substativation of the pronoun makes it indeclinable---and that there is
some reason to choose the accusative form---, then I see nothing wrong
with the young me's (nothing more than with The young me greeted
him). But if you want to avoid making the pronoun indeclinable you
might consider my young self's.
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If you are using the noun phrase young me to describe yourself in the past, then adding an apostrophe and s to form the possessive would be normal.
Young me was quite precocious.
Young me's toys were all red.
Having said that, it's unusual to use young me in the first place. More typically, a variation would be used:
When I was a child, all of my toys were red.
But I can see young me (and the possessive) being used in the context of fiction, for example, if you go back in time and meet yourself. In that situation, you'd have to differentiate between your current self and your young self in some way. It's not unreasonable to think of that wording being the chosen device.
answered 2 days ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
19k32245
It would likely be better to avoidme'sand use something like "All the toys of the young me were red."
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
@HotLicks Yes, I too would add the definite article if I was talking about "the young me". "Young me" or "Young me's" as used in the OP seems very awkward even without the possessive s.
– BoldBen
2 days ago
Your toys were a child?
– Toothrot
yesterday
@Toothrot Oops! Thanks.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
If you are using the noun phrase young me to describe yourself in the past, then adding an apostrophe and s to form the possessive would be normal.
Young me was quite precocious.
Young me's toys were all red.
Having said that, it's unusual to use young me in the first place. More typically, a variation would be used:
When I was a child, all of my toys were red.
But I can see young me (and the possessive) being used in the context of fiction, for example, if you go back in time and meet yourself. In that situation, you'd have to differentiate between your current self and your young self in some way. It's not unreasonable to think of that wording being the chosen device.
answered 2 days ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
19k32245
It would likely be better to avoidme'sand use something like "All the toys of the young me were red."
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
@HotLicks Yes, I too would add the definite article if I was talking about "the young me". "Young me" or "Young me's" as used in the OP seems very awkward even without the possessive s.
– BoldBen
2 days ago
Your toys were a child?
– Toothrot
yesterday
@Toothrot Oops! Thanks.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
If you are using the noun phrase young me to describe yourself in the past, then adding an apostrophe and s to form the possessive would be normal.
Young me was quite precocious.
Young me's toys were all red.
Having said that, it's unusual to use young me in the first place. More typically, a variation would be used:
When I was a child, all of my toys were red.
But I can see young me (and the possessive) being used in the context of fiction, for example, if you go back in time and meet yourself. In that situation, you'd have to differentiate between your current self and your young self in some way. It's not unreasonable to think of that wording being the chosen device.
answered 2 days ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
19k32245
If you are using the noun phrase young me to describe yourself in the past, then adding an apostrophe and s to form the possessive would be normal.
Young me was quite precocious.
Young me's toys were all red.
Having said that, it's unusual to use young me in the first place. More typically, a variation would be used:
When I was a child, all of my toys were red.
But I can see young me (and the possessive) being used in the context of fiction, for example, if you go back in time and meet yourself. In that situation, you'd have to differentiate between your current self and your young self in some way. It's not unreasonable to think of that wording being the chosen device.
answered 2 days ago
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It would likely be better to avoidme'sand use something like "All the toys of the young me were red."
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
@HotLicks Yes, I too would add the definite article if I was talking about "the young me". "Young me" or "Young me's" as used in the OP seems very awkward even without the possessive s.
– BoldBen
2 days ago
Your toys were a child?
– Toothrot
yesterday
@Toothrot Oops! Thanks.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
It would likely be better to avoidme'sand use something like "All the toys of the young me were red."
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
@HotLicks Yes, I too would add the definite article if I was talking about "the young me". "Young me" or "Young me's" as used in the OP seems very awkward even without the possessive s.
– BoldBen
2 days ago
Your toys were a child?
– Toothrot
yesterday
@Toothrot Oops! Thanks.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
It would likely be better to avoid
me's and use something like "All the toys of the young me were red."– Hot Licks
2 days ago
It would likely be better to avoid
me's and use something like "All the toys of the young me were red."– Hot Licks
2 days ago
@HotLicks Yes, I too would add the definite article if I was talking about "the young me". "Young me" or "Young me's" as used in the OP seems very awkward even without the possessive s.
– BoldBen
2 days ago
@HotLicks Yes, I too would add the definite article if I was talking about "the young me". "Young me" or "Young me's" as used in the OP seems very awkward even without the possessive s.
– BoldBen
2 days ago
Your toys were a child?
– Toothrot
yesterday
Your toys were a child?
– Toothrot
yesterday
@Toothrot Oops! Thanks.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@Toothrot Oops! Thanks.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
It seems grammatical, although it sounds weird unless it's meant humorously. But I have seen writers use the third-person when referring to themselves with such a construction, like young Manar's toy.
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
1115
add a comment |
It seems grammatical, although it sounds weird unless it's meant humorously. But I have seen writers use the third-person when referring to themselves with such a construction, like young Manar's toy.
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
1115
add a comment |
It seems grammatical, although it sounds weird unless it's meant humorously. But I have seen writers use the third-person when referring to themselves with such a construction, like young Manar's toy.
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
1115
It seems grammatical, although it sounds weird unless it's meant humorously. But I have seen writers use the third-person when referring to themselves with such a construction, like young Manar's toy.
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
1115
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
1115
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
1115
answered 2 days ago
Elizabeth HenningElizabeth Henning
1115
1115
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It depends on your standards of correctness. Strictly speaking, me is
the accusative of a pronoun which is I in the nominative and mine
(if anything) in the genitive. So, one might think, it should be He
greeted the young me but The young I greeted him and the young mine
toy (the latter being clearly impossible). If you think the
substativation of the pronoun makes it indeclinable---and that there is
some reason to choose the accusative form---, then I see nothing wrong
with the young me's (nothing more than with The young me greeted
him). But if you want to avoid making the pronoun indeclinable you
might consider my young self's.
answered yesterday
ToothrotToothrot
629622
add a comment |
It depends on your standards of correctness. Strictly speaking, me is
the accusative of a pronoun which is I in the nominative and mine
(if anything) in the genitive. So, one might think, it should be He
greeted the young me but The young I greeted him and the young mine
toy (the latter being clearly impossible). If you think the
substativation of the pronoun makes it indeclinable---and that there is
some reason to choose the accusative form---, then I see nothing wrong
with the young me's (nothing more than with The young me greeted
him). But if you want to avoid making the pronoun indeclinable you
might consider my young self's.
answered yesterday
ToothrotToothrot
629622
add a comment |
It depends on your standards of correctness. Strictly speaking, me is
the accusative of a pronoun which is I in the nominative and mine
(if anything) in the genitive. So, one might think, it should be He
greeted the young me but The young I greeted him and the young mine
toy (the latter being clearly impossible). If you think the
substativation of the pronoun makes it indeclinable---and that there is
some reason to choose the accusative form---, then I see nothing wrong
with the young me's (nothing more than with The young me greeted
him). But if you want to avoid making the pronoun indeclinable you
might consider my young self's.
answered yesterday
ToothrotToothrot
629622
It depends on your standards of correctness. Strictly speaking, me is
the accusative of a pronoun which is I in the nominative and mine
(if anything) in the genitive. So, one might think, it should be He
greeted the young me but The young I greeted him and the young mine
toy (the latter being clearly impossible). If you think the
substativation of the pronoun makes it indeclinable---and that there is
some reason to choose the accusative form---, then I see nothing wrong
with the young me's (nothing more than with The young me greeted
him). But if you want to avoid making the pronoun indeclinable you
might consider my young self's.
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