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Peter G. Strangman wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:02:57 +0100, Rick Martin
> <rick.martin@pixelhyphengroup.com> wrote:
> 
> > Really?  I disagree with you on this one.  I thought "ours"
> > fitted that pattern.  e.g. "Your phone number starts DCCCII
> > but ours starts CMLXXIII."
> 
> My dictionary gives it as I quoted, it is also the
> way I was taught.

Chambers 20th Century gives "ours".

> > FU set.
> 
> Overridden. I posted this as a *help* to people in certain
> newsgroups, NOT as a discussion point.

I set FU to alt.usage.english because there are many who subscribe to that
group with a far better working knowledge of the finer points of english
grammar than I have.  I wanted their input to clarify the point, either to
confirm your view, to confirm mine or to refute both of ours. (Can "either"
be applied to three?)

Their responses so far indicate "ours" rather than "our's", citing "one's"
as an exception to this rule.

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