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Makiasan Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
my dad's ones/ ties
Your watch is cooler than (this one/mine/Tom's one/ Tom's watch/ my dad's one/ my dad's watch).
In a sentence like that, can you say "than Tom's one", "than my dad's one", or do you say "than Tom's watch", "than my dad's watch"?
In my ESL textbook there's a sentence saying "Your ties are cooler than my dad's ties." I'd like to learn why it doesn't use the word "ones" after "my dad's".
Thank you.
In a sentence like that, can you say "than Tom's one", "than my dad's one", or do you say "than Tom's watch", "than my dad's watch"?
In my ESL textbook there's a sentence saying "Your ties are cooler than my dad's ties." I'd like to learn why it doesn't use the word "ones" after "my dad's".
Thank you.
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Makiasan I'd like to learn why it doesn't use the word "ones" after "my dad's". That's because we don't use "one" or "ones" after a possessive ( my, your, our, Dan's, Lucy's, the teacher's, ... ).
- Makiasan I'd like to learn why it doesn't use the word "ones" after "my dad's".
- That's because we don't use "one" or "ones" after a possessive ( my, your, our, Dan's, Lucy's, the teacher's, ...
- ).
- If you come across a case where you think you need "one" or "ones" in that way, change it like this: my one(s) > mine your one(s) > yours his one(s) > his her one(s) > hers our one(s) > ours their one(s) > theirs Lucy's one(s) > Lucy's the teacher's one(s) > the teacher's You watch is cooler than [mine / his / hers / Dan's / Lucy's / my dad's].
- ) CJ
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MakiasanI'd like to learn why it doesn't use the word "ones" after "my dad's".That's because we don't use "one" or "ones" after a possessive (my, your, our, Dan's, Lucy's, the teacher's, ...).
If you come across a case where you think you need "one" or "ones" in that way, change it like this:
my one(s) > mine
your one(s) > y
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