Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

tatakatakashi t1_iucqjan wrote

Reply to comment by tara_constance in My boyfriend and my’s Halloween costume this year by tara_constance

Technically you were closer than people usually are. Most people would write “Me and my boyfriend’s costume”, which is wrong but sounds right. Correctly it’s “My boyfriend’s and my costume”, as both have to be in the possessive, but it doesn’t roll nicely so u/shoogled has it nice

16

frogandbanjo t1_iudcga8 wrote

"Me and my boyfriend" is a perfectly acceptable compound noun, though.

"The costume being worn by both me and my boyfriend, together, collectively, as a couple," is a valid sentence (edit: well, a relevant fragment of one.) Yes, it uses the passive voice, which ordinarily isn't great, but its usage is intentional to get my point across.

3

bellyscritches t1_iuczz0k wrote

It should be "My and my boyfriend's costumes."

2

Complete-Dimension35 t1_iudf01j wrote

Whenever you're naming multiple parties in which you are one, always put yourself last. "I/me and [whoever]" is always grammatically incorrect. "[Whoever] and I/me" is the correct structure.

4

Shoogled t1_iuezcei wrote

I know what you’re getting at but I think you’re wrong to suggest it’s to do with grammar. Putting oneself after others in a list is stylistically better but not to do so isn’t incorrect.

1

Cogwheel t1_iufo9ip wrote

Or they write "My boyfriend and I's costume"

1