Sb70012 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Body organs + possessive of
Everybody, thank you so much for answering to my previous questions regarding to possessives.
Would you please be kind enough to check these ones as well? These are a little bit confusing too.
1. He is a friend of my wife's brother's. = correct
2. He is a friend of my wife's brother. = correct
3. He is a father of Alex. = correct
4. He is a father of Alex's. = incorrect (because on that time it would mean Alex has many fathers)
5. She is a mother of Alex. = correct
6. She is a mother of Alex's. = incorrect (because on that time it would mean Alex has many mothers)
7. It's a leg of Alex. = incorrect (because it's strange as the heart of his father. Body pats or body organs do not usually take the possessive "of" + "a person")
8. It's a leg of Alex's. = incorrect
9. It's a hand of Alex. = incorrect same as 7
10. It's a hand of Alex's. = incorrect
11. It's an eye of Alex. = incorrect same as 7
12. It's an eye of Alex's. = incorrect
Have I marked them correctly?
Would you please be kind enough to check these ones as well? These are a little bit confusing too.
1. He is a friend of my wife's brother's. = correct
2. He is a friend of my wife's brother. = correct
3. He is a father of Alex. = correct
4. He is a father of Alex's. = incorrect (because on that time it would mean Alex has many fathers)
5. She is a mother of Alex. = correct
6. She is a mother of Alex's. = incorrect (because on that time it would mean Alex has many mothers)
7. It's a leg of Alex. = incorrect (because it's strange as the heart of his father. Body pats or body organs do not usually take the possessive "of" + "a person")
8. It's a leg of Alex's. = incorrect
9. It's a hand of Alex. = incorrect same as 7
10. It's a hand of Alex's. = incorrect
11. It's an eye of Alex. = incorrect same as 7
12. It's an eye of Alex's. = incorrect
Have I marked them correctly?
Top answer
3. He is the father of Alex. (as you say for the other case, people have only one father) 5.
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3. He is the father of Alex. (as you say for the other case, people have only one father)
5. She is the mother of Alex.
The others look OK.
5. She is the mother of Alex.
The others look OK.
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