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My very unintelligent brain is thinking the 2nd one seems better. Both are a bit confusing though. I think you need to decided what needs more clarification, his name or his relationship to the one he married. So either "He married his friend's daugher" or "He married Richard Allen's daughter".

 

Sorry if I wasn't much help.

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Where would the 's go in this sentence?

"A year later, he married his friend, Mr. Richard Allen's, daughter."

Or

"A year later, her married his friend's, Mr. Richard Allen, daughter."

 

The way it sounds - the 1st one flows better.

But I think it's a poorly composed sentence when written down.

 

Not sure about the rules though.

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from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm:

 

When a possessive noun is followed by an appositive, a word that renames or explains that noun, the apostrophe +s is added to the appositive, not to the noun. When this happens, we drop the comma that would normally follow the appositive phrase.

 

  • We must get Joe Bidwell, the family attorney's signature.

Create such constructions with caution, however, as you might end up writing something that looks silly:

 

  • I wrecked my best friend, Bob's car.

You're frequently better off using the "of-genitive" form, writing something like "We must get the signature of Joe Bidwell, the family attorney" and "I wrecked the car of my best friend, Bob."

 

HTH.

ellen

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