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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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00 I believe Cool Breeze used this sentence to shed light and answer my question and that is this: 02 br
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00 He took a trip to the capital of Italy and that of Spain. (instead of: ... and the capital of Spain.) Not: that of Spain's 02 br
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00 I think his argument is that since the first structure is 'the capital of Italy' the one that follows should parallel?? that structure and be 'that of Spain' and not 'that of Spain's'. 02 br
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00 But I feel that even if we say 'that of Spain's', it could work and is acceptable. 02 br
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00 Let us use a similar yet simpler example for the purpose of asking further additional questions on this: 02 br
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01 i 00 1. You have his sister's watch and that of his brother's. -- the structure corresponds, I think. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 2. You have the watch of his sister and that of his brother. -- Again the structure corresponds, I think. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 3. You have the watch of his sister and that of his brother's. -- I think 01 u 00 this works too 02 u 00 because the words 'that of' just points to the watch that his brother possesses and has no real function in terms of making both genitive structures parallel (??). I think any person who looks at the sentence would have little or no problem understanding what it is trying to say -- the meaning seems to be very clear. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Help me to understand better. Thanks. 02 i 0-
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00 I believe Cool Breeze used this sentence to shed light and answer my question and that is this: 02 br
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00 He took a trip to the capital of Italy and that of Spain. (instead of: ... and the capital of Spain.) Not: that of Spain's 02 br
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00 I think his argument is that since the first structure is 'the capital of Italy' the one that follows should parallel?? that structure and be 'that of Spain' and not 'that of Spain's'. 02 br
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00 But I feel that even if we say 'that of Spain's', it could work and is acceptable. 02 br
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00 Let us use a similar yet simpler example for the purpose of asking further additional questions on this: 02 br
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01 i 00 1. You have his sister's watch and that of his brother's. -- the structure corresponds, I think. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 2. You have the watch of his sister and that of his brother. -- Again the structure corresponds, I think. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 3. You have the watch of his sister and that of his brother's. -- I think 01 u 00 this works too 02 u 00 because the words 'that of' just points to the watch that his brother possesses and has no real function in terms of making both genitive structures parallel (??). I think any person who looks at the sentence would have little or no problem understanding what it is trying to say -- the meaning seems to be very clear. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Help me to understand better. Thanks. 02 i 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 I believe Cool Breeze used this sentence to shed light and answer my question and that is this: 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 He took a trip to the capital of Italy and that of Spain. (instead of: ... ) Not: that of Spain's 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 I think his argument is that since the first structure is 'the capital of Italy' the one that follows should parallel??
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 I believe Cool Breeze used this sentence to shed light and answer my question and that is this: 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 He took a trip to the capital of Italy and that of Spain.
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- ) Not: that of Spain's 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 I think his argument is that since the first structure is 'the capital of Italy' the one that follows should parallel??
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 00 I believe Cool Breeze used this sentence to shed light and answer my question and that is this: 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 He took a trip to the capital of Italy and that of Spain. (instead of: ... and the capital of Spain.) Not: that of Spain's 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 I believe Cool Breeze used this sentence to shed light and answer my question and that is this: 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 He took a trip to the capital of Italy and that of Spain. (instead of: ... and the capital of Spain.) Not: that of Spain's 02 font 02 br
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0 Hi B 02 br
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00 The trouble with you seems to be you are not satisfied with what grammar books offer you, you want to add your own flavour. 05 0 00 Read English magazines, newspapers and books, watch films with their original soundtrack if it is possible where you live and don't let grammatical niceties become an obsession. 01 b 00 Believe 02 b 05 1 00
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00 The trouble with you seems to be you are not satisfied with what grammar books offer you, you want to add your own flavour. 05 0 00 Read English magazines, newspapers and books, watch films with their original soundtrack if it is possible where you live and don't let grammatical niceties become an obsession. 01 b 00 Believe 02 b 05 1 00
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0 Thank you, CB. 02 br
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00 First and foremost in my mind is trying understand some things I feel important in terms of getting farther ahead. I do review some past posts for learning and some important posts I look at are yours. I always appreciate your help. 0-
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00 First and foremost in my mind is trying understand some things I feel important in terms of getting farther ahead. I do review some past posts for learning and some important posts I look at are yours. I always appreciate your help. 0-
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