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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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One of his relatives' friend

Hi. Is the underlined part correct? I believe it's correct but wonder if it's better to rewrite no. 1 to "a friend of one of his relatives" and no. 2 to "a friend of one of his close relatives." Thank you in advance for your help.

1. He met one of his relatives' friend.
2. He met one of his close relatives' friend.
  

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Anonymous 1. 2. He met one of his close relatives' friend.

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  • Anonymous 1.
  • 2.
  • He met one of his close relatives' friend.
  • Neither of those is correct.
  • The final word meeds to be friend s .
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Anonymous1. He met one of his relatives' friend.2. He met one of his close relatives' friend.
Neither of those is correct. The final word meeds to be friends.
Anonymousr if it's better to rewrite no. 1 to "a friend of one of his relatives" and no. 2 to "a friend of one of his close relatives."
I think these are better
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Thank you again.

You wrote:
Anonymous1. He met one of his relatives' friend.2. He met one of his close relatives' friend.
Neither of those is correct. The final word meeds to be friends.

Let's say a person, a man, has only three relatives (incredible as it may be), named John, Joe and Jim, and Sam is one of Jim's many friends. But Sam is
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AnonymousI believe we can say "Sam is one of his relatives' friend. Am I correct?
No.

When you use 'one of ...', what follows must be plural.

Sam is a friend of one of his relatives is the appropriate sentence.
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