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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Possessive with, of and about

Hi



Would you say that all of the following are equally natural to native ears?



Possessive with

Possessive of

Possessive about



The child is very possessive with his toys.

He is very possessive of his books.

Why are you so possessive about this trash?



Thanks,



Tom

  

Top answer

Not to mine. To me, the first is 'wrong', the second is formal or literary, and the third is conversational.

— Mister Micawber

  • Not to mine.
  • To me, the first is 'wrong', the second is formal or literary, and the third is conversational.
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Not to mine. To me, the first is 'wrong', the second is formal or literary, and the third is conversational.
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Thanks, MM!

May I ask why you put wrong in inverted commas?

Tom
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Well, what do you think that use of the quotation marks means?
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