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mines
The use of this improper grammar most likely branched off from the contraction mine's (or mine is). For example "Your ice cream is vanilla, and mine's chocolate." Somewhere along the line, someone forgot that "is" is already part of "mine's" and they made the mistake of saying things like "Mine's is strawberry" or (Mine is is strawberry).
Eventually, the singular form of the word was completely dropped from the vocabulary, and "mine's" became used to show all ownership, even when adding "is" is inapplicable.
Eventually, the singular form of the word was completely dropped from the vocabulary, and "mine's" became used to show all ownership, even when adding "is" is inapplicable.
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Mines
Mines by WHAAAAAAA? February 28, 2015
Mines
1. A weight-triggered explosive device which is intended to damage a target—either human or inanimate—by means of a blast and/or fragment impact.
2. A contraction of "mine" and "is". Often, it is misused to show ownership or possession, even though the extra "s" is not necessary.
2. A contraction of "mine" and "is". Often, it is misused to show ownership or possession, even though the extra "s" is not necessary.
Tragically 44 Vietnamese women died after stepping on mines.
Mine's yellow.
Hey! Don't touch that, its mines!
Mine's yellow.
Hey! Don't touch that, its mines!
Mines by BingGoogle January 25, 2011
Mines
Mines by kiwishiiiit February 22, 2010