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Nov 16 2014 02:38pm
In my paper I am talking about my brother and I.

I was wondering if I were to mention our father would it be:

1. "We would eventually make it outside to my dad's truck."

2. "We would eventually make it outside to our dad's truck."



I am pretty sure I would write the second one but am just questioning because of the fact that I am the narrator.
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Nov 16 2014 04:20pm
idk if your allow to say dad in an essay, perhaps father?
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Nov 16 2014 05:00pm
Yeah, father would sound better but doesn't really answer his question..

It should be the second one, I don't think being the narrator affects it since our refers to 'we'.
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Nov 16 2014 05:16pm
our father's truck sounds better
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Nov 18 2014 07:04am
Hello sir.

It does not really matter if you will choose the first or the second essay, because both are correct if you are the narrator ^_^

Both essays show you narrating and both show your father's truck. If you decide to choose the possessive adjective "our", you will just showing your brother in your essay, which won't make such a difference.

However, If you want to show later in your text that your father is not the same as your brother's father, then go with the first essay, so readers will understand later in your text that you have chose the possesseive adjective "my" instead of the "our" just to show that there were two different fathers and not the same father.

Please someone correct me if I'm doing some mistakes lol.
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