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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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The nobility was able to put a person their choosing on the throne
Around 32 BCE, the Parthian king, Phraates IV, fought a rebellion that had the support of the nobility. By 25 BCE that revolt had failed, but in the decades that followed the nobility was able to put a person of their choosing on the throne, and dynastic instability followed.
[From the Parthian Empire to the Sassanids http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch22-ard.htm]
I'd like to know if we can use appositive "of" for common nouns, not abstract nouns.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[From the Parthian Empire to the Sassanids http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch22-ard.htm]
I'd like to know if we can use appositive "of" for common nouns, not abstract nouns.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I'd like to know if we can use appositive "of" for common nouns, not abstract nouns. Yes, you can. the city of Chicago This has nothing to do with the text you quoted, however.
- park sang joon I'd like to know if we can use appositive "of" for common nouns, not abstract nouns.
- Yes, you can.
- the city of Chicago This has nothing to do with the text you quoted, however.
- There you have a person of their choosing , which paraphrases as a person whom they chose .
- person and their choosing do not select the same referent.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if we can use appositive "of" for common nouns, not abstract nouns.Yes, you can. the city of Chicago
This has nothing to do with the text you quoted, however. There you have a person of their choosing, which paraphrases as a person whom they chose. person and their choosing do not s
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your continuing to answer. 
I know among abstract nouns are three groups that take to-infinitive, "of" pr
I know among abstract nouns are three groups that take to-infinitive, "of" pr
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