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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Are both sentences possible?

Hi teachers,
a) You can have some of my husband's old clothes.
b) You can have some clothes of my husband.

Thanks in advanvce.
  

Top answer

A is natural; B is not.

— RandomGuy

  • A is natural; B is not.
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A is natural; B is not.
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Although B isn't natural as it stands, can it not be correct if I change that t-

You can have some clothes of my husband's.

I know it's not natural at all, but it is grammatically correct, right?
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Hi AG,
Thanks for your reply!

TS
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karansardana… but it is grammatically correct, right?
You could say that both are grammatically correct, but I don’t think that’s a very useful label in this case.
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Aspara Gusbut I don’t think that’s a very useful label in this case.
Oh I know, it's not that useful here. I just wanted to make sure I'm not getting it wrong.
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