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Own is not normally a noun/pronoun, and most cases where used as such can also be interpreted as an ellipsis. This phrase is semantically awkward when it doesn't modify anything. "They are the devil's own." The devil's own what? DAVilla01:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Reply
It seems to me that the "Devil's own" by itself means people allied with the Devil, such as witches, lawyers etc. "The devil's own X" means an extremely "devilish" X.
The reason why our distressed young teacher found it the devil's own job to get the students to write was probably basically that they were not led to believe that written work was expected of them.Kappa23:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Reply
