(possessive) This is picture of him or his?

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1. This is his picture.2. This is picture of him.Q) I thought the possesive version for #1 is not #2 but like this; "This is picture of his". Which is correct? My example or #2?

Enoon · Accepted Answer

A picture of him has him in it. A picture of his is one he took or one he owns. His picture can be either, but it defaults to a picture of him, I think.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

It is possible to take a picture of yourself, like a self-portrait.
This is his picture of himself.

If I snapped the photo then say: This is a picture of him that I took.
If he snapped a photo of me, say: This is his picture of me that he took.

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Moon7296 · Answer

Wow, I didn't know about the point answered. Thank you.

Q1) Then if I say something like this, is it ambiguous?; This is picture of mine; 1. A picture of me that has me in it. 2. A picture of someone or me whose possession belongs to me.

Q2) "This is my picture" can be ambiguous just like the example in Q1, can't it? Here, the context breaks the ambiguity right?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

This is a picture of mine. No ambiguity. You own the picture.

This is my picture of me. It is a picture that you own, and it shows you.
I have pictures of me as a baby and when I was in first grade.
This is my only picture of my father who died when I was little.
This is my favorite picture of President Obama. I took the picture at one of his fund-raising events in 2008.
This is a picture of my dog, Bozo.
The phrase picture of X means that X is in the picture. X does not own the picture.

1. A picture of me that has me in it. Of course a picture of you would have you in it. It's like saying: This is George whose name is George.

2. A picture of someone or me whose possession belongs to me. This makes no sense. A possession is something that you own. My house is my most expensive possession.

Moon7296 · Answer

1. We took some pictures of ourselves

Then we can change #1 to these two versions:
2. We took some pictures of us.
3. We took some pictures of ours.

Q) My guess for #2 and #3 is correct, isn't it?
Q1) If so, which is the most common version?

Fivejedjon · Answer

moon72961. We took some pictures of ourselvesThen we can change #1 to these two versions:2. We took some pictures of us.3. We took some pictures of ours.Q) My guess for #2 and #3 is correct, isn't it?Q1) If so, which is the most common version?

No. We took some pictures of ourselves. We can show these to people, saying that they are pictures of us. These pictures do not belong to anybody else; they are our pictures/pictures of ours.

When my wife and I visited our son, he took pictures of us. These pictures do not belong to us. They are his pictures/pictures of his.

Moon7296 · Answer

fivejedjonmoon72961. We took some pictures of ourselvesThen we can change #1 to these two versions:2. We took some pictures of us.3. We took some pictures of ours.Q) My guess for #2 and #3 is correct, isn't it?Q1) If so, which is the most common version?No. We took some pictures of ourselves.

Ah.. then "we took some pictures of us/ours" can't make sense because it's grammatically wrong?

Then "We took some pictures of ourselves" means they must have taken a picture by themselves with a camera function: auto timer one. ( like in 10 seconds the camera itself takes a picture.)

Anonymous · Answer

Which one is correct below?

This is a picture of his.

This is a picture of him.

Anonymous · Answer

For me pictures of his is correct. Because it has dual meaning u can own the photo while ur photo is not in it, secondly you can own the photo and still your photo is is still on it

Talking about picture of him I think is incorrect for example why don't we say " house of him" " hair of him" but we can say his hair, his house.

(possessive) This is picture of him or his?

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