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thekl0wn

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This came up this morning, and I haven't found a clear answer yet. I've seen this written both ways, but what is the correct possessive form of one? As in saying, "To get on (one's/ones) high horse.
 
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Seems I remember one of my English courses suggesting the hyphenation of a magnitude when preceded with one through nine. (i.e. seven-thousand three-hundred fifty-two) I don't know about anyone else, but it seems to make sense. Of course this could have been a lecture I gave myself in the privacy of my own mind.
 
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Hmmm... I'd be suspicious about that. My wife has a menu to a restaurant that seems to exist only in her own mind....

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