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Little Girl Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Hi, experts!
I posted this question before, but, as I have been told, some troll managed to hack into the forum and deleted some posts. so, here I go again.
I always thought it is "a friend of mine" until recently I saw "...of mine's" on BBC, and have been somewhat confused since then. Should it be "mine" or "mine's?"
Please do know that there was no context. The phrase was on a down slide, indicating the relation of the person to the speaker.
Thank you.
I posted this question before, but, as I have been told, some troll managed to hack into the forum and deleted some posts. so, here I go again.
I always thought it is "a friend of mine" until recently I saw "...of mine's" on BBC, and have been somewhat confused since then. Should it be "mine" or "mine's?"
Please do know that there was no context. The phrase was on a down slide, indicating the relation of the person to the speaker.
Thank you.
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In that context, as far as I can tell, it should be "A friend of mine". But what is a "down slide"? "A friend of mine's + noun" may be tolerable.
- In that context, as far as I can tell, it should be "A friend of mine".
- But what is a "down slide"?
- "A friend of mine's + noun" may be tolerable.
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In that context, as far as I can tell, it should be "A friend of mine". But what is a "down slide"?
"A friend of mine's + noun" may be tolerable.
"A friend of mine's + noun" may be tolerable.
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Little Girlsome troll managed to hack into the forum and deleted some posts.We regret the loss of a few threads due to a malevolent forum member. The technical vulnerability has been patched.
Little GirlI always thought it is "a friend of mine" until recently I saw "...of mine's" on BBC, and have been somewhat confused since then. Shou
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