One of my friend's name is totally opposite to his personality.

[tufguy]

One of my friend's name is totally opposite to his personality.

Is my sentence correct?

 

[teechar]

No. Say "The name of one of my friends ..."

 

[tufguy]

No. Say "The name of one of my friends ..."

The name of one of my friends' is completely opposite to his personality.

 

[GoesStation]

I once knew a terribly clumsy girl named Grace and a chronically depressed woman named Joy.

 

[teechar]

The name of one of my friends' is completely opposite to his personality.

Where did that apostrophe come from, tufguy?

 

[Yankee]

One of my friend's name is totally opposite [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] his personality.

Is my sentence correct?

Yes with a minor scratch.

 

[Yankee]

One of my friend's name is totally opposite [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] his personality.

Is my sentence correct?

Yes, with a minor delete.

(Sorry if I responded twice.)

 

[jutfrank]

I once knew a terribly clumsy girl named Grace and a chronically depressed woman named Joy.

I know a really lovely fellow called Dick.

These are all examples of inaptronymy, apparently.

 

[tufguy]

Where did that apostrophe come from, tufguy?

The sentence is "one of my friends or teachers or brothers". Am I correct? I read if we have to use "'s" for more than one person than it should be written as "friends'" because we can't write "friends's" so that is why I wrote it that way. Is it wrong?

 

[teechar]

I read if we have to use "'s" for more than one person than it should be written as "friends'" because we can't write "friends's" so that is why I wrote it that way. Is it wrong?

I have no idea what you mean. In any case it is wrong.

One of my parent's cats is sick. :tick: [one parent, one cat (out of two or more)]
One of my parents' cats is sick.

[two parents, one cat (out of two or more)]
One of my parents is sick.

[one parent]
One of my parents' is sick.

[This is wrong. The possessive apostrophe s refers to nothing - my two parents' what?]

 

[jutfrank]

The apostrophe goes after the entire noun phrase that the possession relates to, which is one of my friends. This of course refers to a single individual (one friend), which is what you mean.

So for that reason, One of my friends' name is opposite to his personality is a correct written form. However, it doesn't sound very good like that, which is why we suggest changing it to The name of one of my friends is opposite to his personality. Notice that when written in this way no possessive apostrophe is needed, because of is used.

 

[Glizdka]

I know a really lovely fellow called Dick.

These are all examples of inaptronymy, apparently.

Is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (the fear of long words) an example of inaptronymy?