Our, ours

Our, ours
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  • ours — our, ours 1. A difficulty arises when our is used in conjunction with another qualifying word as in The Italian and our troops or Our and the Italian troops. Here a better alternative is The Italian troops and ours, but not ☒ Ours and the Italian …   Modern English usage

  • our — our, ours 1. A difficulty arises when our is used in conjunction with another qualifying word as in The Italian and our troops or Our and the Italian troops. Here a better alternative is The Italian troops and ours, but not ☒ Ours and the Italian …   Modern English usage

  • our — O.E. ure of us, genitive plural of the first person pronoun, from P.Gmc. *ons (Cf. O.S. usa, O.Fris. use, O.H.G. unsar, Ger. unser, Goth. unsar our ). Ours, formed c.1300, is a double possessive, originating in northern England, and has taken… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ours (song) — Ours Single by Taylor Swift from the album Speak Now Released November 28, 2011 (2011 11 28) Format …   Wikipedia

  • Our — (our), possessive pron. [AS. [=u]re our, of us; akin to [=u]s us, to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. [root]186. See {Us}.] Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See {I}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ours polaire — Ours blanc Ours blanc …   Wikipédia en Français

  • ours — (ours ; quelques personnes prononcent our, ce qui est préférable) s. m. 1°   Genre de mammifères plantigrades contenant comme espèces les plus connues : l ours brun d Europe, l ours noir d Amérique et l ours blanc de la mer Glaciale. •   Nul… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • ours — S1 [auəz US aurz] pron [possessive form of we ] used to refer to something that belongs to or is connected with us ▪ I ll show you to your room. Ours is next door. ▪ The main difference between our brains and those of monkeys is that ours are… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Ours Is the Kingdom — Studio album by Forefather Released 2004 …   Wikipedia

  • Ours — may refer to: Ours (band), an American rock group Wes Ours (born 1977), an American football player Ours , a song by The Bravery for the Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack Ours (song), a promotional single by Taylor Swift from the deluxe edition… …   Wikipedia

  • ours — [ourz] pron. [ME ures < ure,OUR + gen. s, hence, in form, a double poss.] that or those belonging to us: the possessive form of WE, used without a following noun, often after of [this house is ours; ours are better; she is a friend of ours] …   English World dictionary

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