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Olive mango Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Still a little confused about of and 's

  1. a portrait of my father's
  2. a portrait of my father
  3. my father's portrait
  4. a portrait by my father

Could you tell me the difference between them?

  

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a portrait of my father's (The person depicted in the portrait is your mother, your family, your father, or his parents, etc. Your father owns this portrait. ) a portrait by my father (The person in the portrait is your mother, your family, you, or his parents, etc.

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  • a portrait of my father's (The person depicted in the portrait is your mother, your family, your father, or his parents, etc.
  • Your father owns this portrait.
  • ) a portrait by my father (The person in the portrait is your mother, your family, you, or his parents, etc.
  • Your father is an artist who made this portrait.
  • If the person pictured in the portrait is your father, we call it a self-portrait.
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  1. a portrait of my father's (The person depicted in the portrait is your mother, your family, your father, or his parents, etc. Your father owns this portrait. It belongs to him.)
  2. a portrait of my father (The person in the portrait is your father.)
  3. my father's portrait (The person in the portrait is your father.)
  4. a portrait by my father (The person in the portrait
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  1. a portrait of my father's it belongs to your father
  2. a portrait of my father the person shown in the portrait is your father
  3. my father's portrait probably the same as #2, but in theory could be #1
  4. a portrait by my father your father painted it
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