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the (X) that (O)
'A' son of Mrs. Brown's has arrived. (O)
'The' son of Mrs. Brown's has arrived. (X)
I am tired of 'that' bad temper of yours.(O)
Keep 'that' big head of your out of my sight, please.(O)
? In double genitive constructions, that also seems to be able to used, but not the. Why and how do I accept this?
'The' son of Mrs. Brown's has arrived. (X)
I am tired of 'that' bad temper of yours.(O)
Keep 'that' big head of your out of my sight, please.(O)
? In double genitive constructions, that also seems to be able to used, but not the. Why and how do I accept this?
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Do you mean the "the" in your second sentence ('The' son of Mrs. )? Did you accidentally leave the "s" off of "your"?
- Do you mean the "the" in your second sentence ('The' son of Mrs.
- )?
- Did you accidentally leave the "s" off of "your"?
- Did you mean "yours"?
- How are they related to the question of double genitives?
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Do you mean the "the" in your second sentence ('The' son of Mrs. Brown's has arrived.) and the "that" in your fourth sentence (Keep 'that' big head of your out of my sight, please.)? Did you accidentally leave the "s" off of "your"? Did you mean "yours"?
How are they related to the question of double genitives? I don't see any connection.
What if "that" were "this"? How is that
How are they related to the question of double genitives? I don't see any connection.
What if "that" were "this"? How is that
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EnglishmavenDid you accidentally leave the "s" off of "your"? Did you mean "yours"?yes. I mean 'yours'
<The son of Mrs. Brown's has arrived (X) / A son of Mrs. Brown's has arrived. (O)/ I am tired of that bad temper of yours.(O) / Keep that big head of yours out of my sight, please.(O)>
My grammar book said that 'the' in the double genitive
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