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basic question 2015-10-14 01:45:32 Post No. 7232194
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basic question Anonymous 2015-10-14 01:45:32 Post No. 7232194 [Report]

If I wanted to say "when compared with the account of X", where X denotes a person, do I include the ' 's ', so as to convey the account 'belongs' to X? Or may I just leave it as their name?

i.e., is it:
"According to the account of Michael"

or

"According to the account of Michael's"?

The specific sentence I am working with is:

"From this, we may extract crucial information regarding Bacon's outlook on language, which appears highly similar to that of Hobbes'. "

Is this correct?--noticing that I included the apostrophe but omitted the repetitive s at the end.

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:00:43 Post No.7232237
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:00:43 Post No.7232237 [Report]

It's "According to the account of Michael"

I'll show you another example in dialogue:

"According to the account Michael"
"Who's account?"
"According to Michael's"

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:25:40 Post No.7232311
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:25:40 Post No.7232311 [Report]

>>7232237

ah thank you. So in my sentence, I should omit the apostrophe?

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:30:23 Post No.7232327
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:30:23 Post No.7232327 [Report]

>>7232237
*Whose

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:31:47 Post No.7232331
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:31:47 Post No.7232331 [Report]

>>7232194
The 's is unnecessary due to the of. It's 'that of Hobbes'

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:31:55 Post No.7232333
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:31:55 Post No.7232333 [Report]

>>7232327

wow, post no. is the same forwards as backwards

u win

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:32:39 Post No.7232336
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:32:39 Post No.7232336 [Report]

non native english speaker here does "woken up from my delusional state that I am handsome" make sense or do I have to say "woken up from my delusional state of believing I am handsome" thanks!

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:32:57 Post No.7232337
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:32:57 Post No.7232337 [Report]

>>7232331

thx m8. I appreciate it

>>7232333
also trips

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:34:14 Post No.7232347
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:34:14 Post No.7232347 [Report]

>>7232336

the latter would be correct. And in fact, you'd be better off to say "woken up from THE delusional state of believing I am handsome", because the 'my' signifies possession, whereas someone else may be just as deluded

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:37:46 Post No.7232367
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:37:46 Post No.7232367 [Report]

>>7232347
thank you :)

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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:40:25 Post No.7232385
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Anonymous 2015-10-14 02:40:25 Post No.7232385 [Report]

>>7232367
np m8