of my or my mine or of me?

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Which do you think is correct, Exciter?

By the way, the correct spelling is characteristic.

To me it is the second one. But I encounter the first one quite often, and I dont see the logic of this usage.

Of mine.

She is their friend. She is a friend of theirs.

He is her friend. He is a friend of hers.

That's one of my bad habits. That's a bad habit of mine.

Does that help?

Hiya,

Grammar GeekHe is her friend. He is a friend of her.

Is that ok? I would have said "friend of hers"...

I suspect that was a typo, Kooyeen.

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Hi Exciter

I ag

Heh, typos might be dangerous. Some learners might decide to sue this forum for typos... then the admins are going to lose a lot of money and they'll have to sell some servers, or even some members as slaves.

Hi Kooyeen

Since the examples asked about were not complete sentences, I simply added how/why you would also hear 'a friend of my ...' (i.e. you would need to add something after 'my' to the example originally given).

Hi,

then the admins are going to lose a lot of money and they'll have to sell . . . some members as slaves. You think we don't? Have you noticed that some people post here for a while, and then are never heard from again ? . . . . hmmmmm.

I think "a friend of my father's" is the correct form, isn't it? Yes.

I heard yo

I see, I see, thanks a lot.

Yeah Amy, I think it was that "however" you wrote that made me think "a friend of my father's" looked like an exception to you (but it's actually just a possessive form, equivalent to "hers, mine, yours, etc."). But you were just explaining some more, actually... ok, ok, I misinterpreted your explanation, sorry.

to sell ... some members as slaves.

Are you volunteering?

CJ