Uncle's armchair and aunt's armchair

[Rachel Adams]

Does this sentence sound unnatural without "my"?

"This is uncle's armchair and that is aunt's armchair."

 

[GoesStation]

No. You will occasionally see someone refer to those relatives by their titles. It's very rare. When it's done, you have to capitalize the titles because they're proper nouns.

 

[Rover_KE]

Without 'my', we don't know whose uncle and aunt the armchairs belong to.

 

[emsr2d2]

We'd use either:

1. This is my uncle's armchair and this is my aunt's.
2. This is Uncle Ernie's armchair and this is Aunt Helen's.

 

[Yankee]

Does this sentence sound unnatural without "my"?

"This is uncle's armchair and that is aunt's armchair."

I would expect to hear/use "my" unless the conversation was among close relatives, in which case omitting "my" would not be uncommon (AmE).

 

[Rachel Adams]

We'd use either:

1. This is my uncle's armchair and this is my aunt's.
2. This is Uncle Ernie's armchair and this is Aunt Helen's.

Would it be wrong to say: "This is my Uncle Ernie's armchair"?

 

[GoesStation]

Would it be wrong to say: "This is my Uncle Ernie's armchair"?

No. That's correct and natural.

 

[Yankee]

Would it be wrong to say: "This is my Uncle Ernie's armchair"?

No.