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One good test, if you are unsure, is to remove the friend from the equation. Which is correct?

1. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that I have.

2. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that me have.

Clearly, it is the first. Now we put the friend back in:

Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that my friend and I have.
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Teplin wrote:
Spud wrote: 3. Why the question mark at the end?
Maybe it actually is "The Wonder Nuns?". Like the band "Therapy?".
That is an interesting possibility. I am unsure whether you would then need a period after the question mark, in that case. Quotes would probably clarify it, as you have exemplified.
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My solution is as follows.

"There exists a band that calls itself Wonder Nuns, which is comprised of two individuals: myself, and my associate."

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My goodness! Who knew that typing the way I talk would cause such a fuss? Maybe I should write like a textbook and everyone would be happy? I am sorry Spud's little daughter. Please forgive me. I only meant my best.

Look at me, here I go, I am going to clarify.

My friend and I are both co-owners of an outfit titled "The Wonder Nuns". He plays drums like he's in a heavy metal band, while I play guitar like Bob Dylan is singing the prettiest story in my ear.

Gosh, this is all rather sudden for a single sentence that I typed at 1 a.m.
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Have we ruled out the possibility that Ethan and his friends are actually nuns?

Then, when he said "my friend and I's band is Wonder Nuns? " - he was really only guilty of using the wrong part of the verb "to be" and he meant "my friend and I's band ARE Wonder Nuns"? (OK...ignoring the whole "I's" issue and the inappropriate capitalisatons)

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Caravan Ray wrote:I like to think that Ethan looks like this:
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I felt a lot healthier before I read that.
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Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo... :lol:
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Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo... :lol:
You talking about Spud? :lol:
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Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo... :lol:
I thought Spud may be going through a Truman Capote phase.
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Ethan wrote:Gosh, this is all rather sudden for a single sentence that I typed at 1 a.m.
Take in stride, sir. Wait until you actually submit a song. I wouldn't beat you up if I didn't care.
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Ethan wrote:My goodness! Who knew that typing the way I talk would cause such a fuss? Maybe I should write like a textbook and everyone would be happy?
Grammar hazing seems to be a newbie ritual. Welcome aboard!
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slats wrote:Grammar hazing seems to be a newbie ritual. Welcome aboard!
Fixed.
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I didn't get my grammar picked apart.

I feel so unloved.

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Spud wrote:
The Weakest Suit wrote:
Spud wrote:I am pretty sure there is no such word as "I's".
that doesn't matter anymore. public schools and the internet have killed grammar as we knew it. math, too. as long as you can quote Bright Eyes, and grow bangs long enough to be in your eyes, what else really matters.
As you can tell, I have not given up. There should be a question mark at the end of that last sentence.
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Niveous wrote:The world needs to accept the idea of a rhetorical question mark.
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...just not that one.
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