A few days ago
king reby

Is this sentence gramatically correct?

I always have problems with this:

“Ultimately, he gouges his eyes out with Jacosta, his wife and mother’s, broaches. ”

Is it correct to only add the ‘s to the end of ‘mother’, or should it be in front of ‘Jacosta’ and/or ‘wife’ as well? Or am I just completely incorrect?

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A few days ago
eorpach_agus_eireannach

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“Ultimately, he gouges his eyes out with the broaches of Jacosta, his wife and mother.”

Any other way sounds awkward and incorrect.

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A few days ago
Livewell
How about:

“Ultimately, he gouges his eyes out with his wife and mother Jacosta’s broaches.”

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A few days ago
Bethany
I would recast the sentence this way:

“Ultimately, he gouges his eyes out with his wife Jacosta’s and his mother’s broaches.”

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A few days ago
Anonymous
No; the apostrophe and s need to be added to both the end of “wife” and “mother.”
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