Mine
Hello everyone,
Why has "mine" been used in the following sentence?
1. Make mine a pyramid pizza.
instead of "my" or "me"?is it correctly used?
1. Make mine a pyramid pizza.
2. Make me a pyramid pizza.
3. Make my pyramid pizza.
Do the above sentences imply the same meaning?
Regards
JA
Top answer
In strict grammar, the possessive pronoun 'mine' needs an antecedent, Tom: I'll have a pepperoni pizza, please, Kim: Make mine ( meaning my pizza) a mushroom pizza. But 'make mine' is such a well-known phrase for requesting something that we often omit the antecedent. 1.
- In strict grammar, the possessive pronoun 'mine' needs an antecedent, Tom: I'll have a pepperoni pizza, please, Kim: Make mine ( meaning my pizza) a mushroom pizza.
- But 'make mine' is such a well-known phrase for requesting something that we often omit the antecedent.
- 1.
- Make mine a pyramid pizza.
- Fine, except I've never heard of this kind of pizza.
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In strict grammar, the possessive pronoun 'mine' needs an antecedent,
Tom: I'll have a pepperoni pizza, please,
Kim: Make mine (meaning my pizza) a mushroom pizza.
But 'make mine' is such a well-known phrase for requesting something that we often omit the antecedent.
1. Make mine a pyramid pizza. Fine, except I've never heard of this kind
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