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[โ€“] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that such a phrase should be hyphenated in order to use the clitic with it, such as "the-individual-I-spotted's face".

[โ€“] hakase@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Possibly - I wouldn't really know. Writing isn't language, and written English's "rules" are subjective and largely arbitrary, so I don't worry about them very much.