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Sextus Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Of ours
Last week, I was told by Philip that in English we should avoid using "of" + possessive pronoun. But what to do with the following sentence:
"Concepts such as ‘mind-independent existence’ and ‘objective world’ are also ideas of ours which might correspond to nothing."
Sextus
"Concepts such as ‘mind-independent existence’ and ‘objective world’ are also ideas of ours which might correspond to nothing."
Sextus
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I do not know such constructions should be avoided; "a friend of mine", for example, is quite OK (a friend among the friends I have, among my friends). So your sentence sounds quite right to me, "ideas among those we have".
- I do not know such constructions should be avoided; "a friend of mine", for example, is quite OK (a friend among the friends I have, among my friends).
- So your sentence sounds quite right to me, "ideas among those we have".
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I do not know such constructions should be avoided; "a friend of mine", for example, is quite OK (a friend among the friends I have, among my friends). So your sentence sounds quite right to me, "ideas among those we have".
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Yes, the double possessive is perfectly idiomatic: "a friend of Peter's", "a book of mine", etc:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/65/O0036500.html
No stranger than "von + dative" in German, I suppose.
MrP
http://www.bartleby.com/61/65/O0036500.html
No stranger than "von + dative" in German, I suppose.
MrP
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