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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
of structure
I read a comment. : "There is quite a strong myth in Russia is that OF-structures should be avoided as 'Russian English' and should be replaced with either the possessive case or a noun functioning as an attribute. E.g. my phrase 'The territory of the royal country residence' was once rejected as awkward and the version suggested instead was: 'The royal country residence territory'. To my mind, the second version is ambiguous and can stand for 'the territory of a royal residence located in the country' or 'a residential territory in some...'royal country' which makes nonsense. So I'm not sure the OF-structures are so much artificial and useless."
(http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/03/7-grammar-myths-you-learned-in-school/)
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I am a non-native speaker who have been learning English. To my mind also, 'The territory of the royal country residence' is not awkward and the second version I don't want to prefer. What do you, a native speaker of English, think about this?
(http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/03/7-grammar-myths-you-learned-in-school/)
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I am a non-native speaker who have been learning English. To my mind also, 'The territory of the royal country residence' is not awkward and the second version I don't want to prefer. What do you, a native speaker of English, think about this?
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Anonymous OF-structures should be avoided as 'Russian English' and should be replaced with either the possessive case or a noun functioning as an attribute That is generally true of learner compositions, though of course the 'of'' possessive is often quite all right. " Not at all—they do have their uses. Here's one: to avoid two '-s' possessives.
- Anonymous OF-structures should be avoided as 'Russian English' and should be replaced with either the possessive case or a noun functioning as an attribute That is generally true of learner compositions, though of course the 'of'' possessive is often quite all right.
- " Not at all—they do have their uses.
- Here's one: to avoid two '-s' possessives.
- For instance, 'A friend of my brother's mother-in-law' instead of 'My brother's mother-in-law's friend' Anonymous To my mind also, 'The territory of the royal country residence' is not awkward and the second version I don't want to prefer.
- What do you, a native speaker of English, think about this?
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AnonymousOF-structures should be avoided as 'Russian English' and should be replaced with either the possessive case or a noun functioning as an attributeThat is generally true of learner compositions, though of course the 'of'' possessive is often quite all right.
AnonymousI'm not sure the OF-structures are so much artificial and usel
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