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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Preposition "OF"

this is a pen of mine
die of cholera
the five of us
an angel of a women
leg of table

Of can use in many situation that is very difficult for me , anyone can help me and give the simple rules of "OF" I'll be very thankful for you !!
  

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You have a legitimate question, but unfortunately there is no simple, clear answer. Of is one of our pesky little prepositions that are best learned in context and committed to some "logical" order in each student's mind. I think the most common use is to show possession.

— Philip

  • You have a legitimate question, but unfortunately there is no simple, clear answer.
  • Of is one of our pesky little prepositions that are best learned in context and committed to some "logical" order in each student's mind.
  • I think the most common use is to show possession.
  • Let's see if one of our other teachers can come up with categories of its use.
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You have a legitimate question, but unfortunately there is no simple, clear answer. Of is one of our pesky little prepositions that are best learned in context and committed to some "logical" order in each student's mind. I think the most common use is to show possession. Let's see if one of our other teachers can come up with categories of its use.
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Philip Let's see if one of our other teachers can come up with categories of its use.
I'm not even going to begin to try. I suppose the broadest category might be roughly that connected with an idea of 'belonging/possession' but that's about it for a short answer.
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