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[BlueBlythe]

Aithera

This has been bothering me since I was six, but I forgot the example and I only just remembered it last week.

Okay, so here it is: "her her". As in, "I gave her her apple."

It just sounds so...wrong! Yet how else would you say it?

I'm confused.

I never heard of this problem before....
I only know "her" as "her", not two..O_O  

[limp dick]

I think 'her her' is okay.
One 'her' is used as a direct object.
While the other is a possessive pronoun.
Then again, that's just what I think.  

[Aithera]

Ah, that's what I thought. It still sounds weird though. Oh well. The english language never won prizes for prettiness.

Thanks for the help!  

[Prince Platypus]

I think the English language fails to win a lot of prizes. >.>  

[Organic Shadows]

blaugh at the last post!! *cough*

So following the last subject of research, is it truly grammatically correct to say "had had?" As in, "I had had a massage, but..."  

[MadnessFreak]

marlyse412

blaugh at the last post!! *cough*

So following the last subject of research, is it truly grammatically correct to say "had had?" As in, "I had had a massage, but..."

I believe so. I use it, and a lot of people I know use it, and I've seen a lot of people use it, so I assume it's okay.  

[Aithera]

I knew for certain that "had had" was right, but for whatever reason I was very confused about "her her".

Maybe it's because "had had" is more common, or something.  

[Organic Shadows]

That's true.

Hrm.

O Wise Muse, where art thou to guide us in our journeys through grammatically correct speech?  

[MadnessFreak]

It sounds correct to me.

'I gave her her apple.'

May not look right, but say it out and it sounds fine...then again, I'm not always right. :S