rec.sport.football.college

In article b06ae514ce5d@>, pavlovevidence@
says...
> On Feb 17, 4:07 pm, Trevor Zion Bauknight
> wrote:
> > Carl Banks wrote:
> > > On Feb 15, 5:24 pm, Solnichka Frankenstein
> > > wrote:
> > >> Someone I work with used this "word" in a department-wide email sent
> > >> out yesterday instead of the proper "Nineties"; he's also fiercely
> > >> proud about his alleged affiliation with a higher education
> > >> institution of excellent repute.
> >
> > > This reminds me of an interesting quirk of English grammar: it is
> > > perfectly legal to attach the possessive marker ('s) to an adverb or
> > > even a preposition in some cases.
> >
> > > Write grammatically-correct sentence that does this.
> >
> > > . The adverb or preposition must actually be functioning as an
> > > adverb or preposition. "Today's weather is good" doesn't count; even
> > > though "today" is normally an adverb it's being used as a noun in this
> > > sentence.
> >
> > > P.. Yes, it's still legal to attach 's to something actually
> > > functioning as an adverb.
> >
> > > P.P.. Don't try to disagree with me. I have something in mind that
> > > didn't occur to you.
> >
> > "Did you see the look on Johnny Dangerously's face?"
>
>
> Cute, but no, Dangerously functions as an appositive, and thus a noun,
> here. But is is on the right track.
>
>
> Carl Banks

FYI, "Dangerously" is not an appositive in the example sentence.

S.