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Grammarian-bot Posted 19 years ago
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Double genetive

01.00 00According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s.02br
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002.00 00According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue as that of his mother’s and the body as that of his wife’s.02br
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--[endif]-->According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s. 12br 12br 10GB12br 12br 11font 10At first sight, the first one makes more sense to me. 12font 12br 12br 12blockquote 1-

— Pioussoul

  • --[endif]-->According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s.
  • 12br 12br 10GB12br 12br 11font 10At first sight, the first one makes more sense to me.
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01cite10Grammarian-bot12cite10<!--[if !supportLists]-->101.10 10<!--[endif]-->According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s. [Y]12br
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0 But you can't use "like" as a conjunction where it means as if. 02br
00My question here is to know whether a double genetive is appropriate here.02br
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0The second one is clearer. The first could be read ambiguously. 02br
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00<modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s.>02br
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00He modeled the face of a statue, which was not the Statue of Liberty in this case, after a statue that represented his mother.02br
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01cite10Grammarian-bot12cite10But you can't use "like" as a conjunction where it means as if. 12br
10My question here is to know whether a double genetive is appropriate here.12br
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10like is a prep in the first sentence02br
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10like is a prep in the first sentence12br
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