Questions tagged [possessive-s-vs-of]
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Do you *ever* need to use "of" with possessive "s"?
For instance, which is worse?
An agent of King Ronald's.
An agent of King Ronald.
He's one of King Ronald's agents.
Thanks!
AturSams
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Possessive form
Sky Chelcy
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Possessive form: Others vs Others'
I’ve encountered these sentences in the net:
“My morals are mine, not others.” “Decisions are yours, not others.” “American values are ours, not others”.
I wonder whether they are correct regarding the possessive form of others. I think it should be…
user287279
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all (of) Mary's paintings?
I'm wondering whether the preposition "of" is necessary in the following sentence:
All (of) Mary's paintings are now on display.
Compare #1 with #2, which seems acceptable without "of":
All (of) her paintings are now on display.
Do you…
Apollyon
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When to use possessive "'s" or "of the"?
This is one topic that I thought that I have already known well, but sometimes when I am writing a text or something like this it always come up the doubt of what should I use in the sentence to indicate possession. One example (stack in those…
Gabriel R.
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«'s» or «of the» which one should I use?
I want to know if «'s» sounds more natural than «of the...». E.g.:
'My computer's keyboard' or 'The keyboard of my computer'. Thanks in advance.
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'push off the weight of Ira' vs 'push the weight off of Ira'
Moore makes you feel for him and, at the same time, she makes you want to push off the weight of Ira — all his exposed, sappy neediness — far away.
Source (emphasis mine)
I think this way.
It can be rewritten thus: "push the weight off of Ira"…
user41481