Words mean things.

[AUFred]

I read headlines and shake my head.

"Woman accuses man of touching her inappropriately"

(Exactly where is her "inappropriately")

 

[Natasha]

I never think about stuff like that. We had a long discussion about it in a college course I took one time (can't even remember which one it was now, LOL). Things like "blue dish detergent"...what's that, detergent for blue dishes???

That wasn't my joke, by the way...that was a classmates.

 

[Thornless]

It took me a moment to figure out what he meant... and another to how they should of put it.

I hated English class lol

 

[AUFred]

Her is a possessive pronoun. Inappropriately is an adverb.

"He inappropriately touched her." would be correct.

 

[Siphorous]

Shoving a dash in there might make it ok, but I guess it's nothing that would suit a headline.

 

[Thornless]

Her is a possessive pronoun. Inappropriately is an adverb.

"He inappropriately touched her." would be correct.

Want to come review all my poetry and fix it

 

[AUFred]

Ending sentences in prepositions bothers me. That is what I am all about.

 

[Thornless]

Um.... *scratches head* Would you like to fix it?

 

[freakofnature]

Her is a possessive pronoun. Inappropriately is an adverb.

"He inappropriately touched her." would be correct.

Well, if you're saying that her is a possessive pronoun then your sentence is still incorrect because it's incomplete. He inappropriately touched her...what?

:tooth

 

[AUFred]

Well, if you're saying that her is a possessive pronoun then your sentence is still incorrect because it's incomplete. He inappropriately touched her...what?

:tooth

Depends on how it is used.

1. the objective case of she: We saw her this morning. Give this book to her.
2. the possessive case of she (used as an attributive adjective): Her coat is the one on the chair. I'm sorry about her leaving. Compare hers.

3. the dative case of she: I gave her the book.

4. Informal . (used instead of the pronoun she in the predicate after the verb to be ): It's her. It isn't her.

noun 5. Slang . a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?

 

[freakofnature]

Depends on how it is used.

1. the objective case of she: We saw her this morning. Give this book to her.
2. the possessive case of she (used as an attributive adjective): Her coat is the one on the chair. I'm sorry about her leaving. Compare hers.

3. the dative case of she: I gave her the book.

4. Informal . (used instead of the pronoun she in the predicate after the verb to be ): It's her. It isn't her.

noun 5. Slang . a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?

I know that but here's what you said earlier in this thread:

Her is a possessive pronoun.

 

[AUFred]

I stand by my comment that the original headline was incorrect.