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Hi,

I came across while browsing online a peculiar looking sentence.

"Yet the lives of me and my family are scarred."

What so peculiar is these two words; "me" and "family."

Would you please explain me about the usage of those two words, and

please tell me if there should be any correction to be made.

Thank you very much for your kind reply,

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Hi Anon:

... "of me and (of) my family"..

Me and family are objects of the preposition "of"
The sentence is somewhat awkward, but is otherwise OK.

Anonymous · Answer

Hi,

I am the original poster. Thank you for your kind reply.

I think the problem with that sentence is "me" should've been "mine," and

"family" should've been "family's," meaning those two words should've been

possessive.

If you change the sentence to a simple form,

life is scarred. This doesn't make sense.

(I) life is scarred. This also doesn't make sense.

All those don't make sense.

But if we use possessive,

(My) life is scarred. This makes perfect sense. Since "my" is possessive adjective,

we should change it to possessive pronoun which is "mine."

Therefore whether to use descriptive or possessive, the correct type should be

possessive, and according to the sentence structure, the correct word should be

"mine" which is possessive pronoun. And, it goes the same for the other word,

"family's."

Won't you agree with this? And, if this arguement is wrong, would you please

explain why?

Atanyway, thank you very much for your kind reply...

Dave from NY.

Please, tell me if there's any problem with this sentence.

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