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Grammar and Linguistics > I ´m not a big fan of her or hers
I ´m not a big fan of her or hers
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colibrita
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I ´m not a big fan of her or hers
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Hi Everyone
Grammar question:
Which is correct?
Sam adores Adele but I ´m not a big fan of a) her b) hers
"hers" right???
Just having a bit of L1 interference...
Thanks
Colibrita
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5 Feb 2012
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cunliffe
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yes - I ´m not a big fan of hers.
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5 Feb 2012
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almaz
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I ´d go with Lynne (cunliffe) - mainly because of the presence of ´of �. It ´s a sort of oblique genitive, but I think your doubts may be due as much to L2 interference (think Spanish, Catalan or even French here) as mother-tongue .
By the way, my wife adores Adele too, but I ´m definitely not a big fan.
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5 Feb 2012
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colibrita
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Thanks folks
At the risk of being lynched I think Adele ´s rather overrated, and definitely overplayed on the radio! overhyped just like Dido was. : )
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5 Feb 2012
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ueslteacher
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lynched? no way:) I am not a fan, but I think she ´s got a powerful voice and vocally, I think, she ´s great. Sophia |
5 Feb 2012
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Jayho
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I may be about to be lynched - who is Adele?? |
6 Feb 2012
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moravc
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To Jayho - Adele is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
BTW: "This is called the post-genitive or double genitive."
The postmodifier must be definite and human: the friend of yours, the bag of mine, the crime of hers, the name of yours, a dream of hers, a fan of yours, each songo of yours, the song of Mark´s, the story of Ian´s...
http://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/f/FAQdoublegenitive.htm
The most frequent example is: a friend of mine, a colleague of yours, the son of hers.
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6 Feb 2012
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almaz
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Nika, interestingly, the term ´double negative � has been dropped by some modern grammarians in favour of ´oblique genitive � because of in itself is not regarded as a genitive case marker (but is often understood as such especially by analogy with other languages - which kinda takes us back to the start of this thread...).
By the way, not too sure of the son of hers as a ´frequent example �. That son of hers..., maybe. |
6 Feb 2012
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colibrita
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Oh Jayho you made me laugh. Spme would consider you lucky...
Double genitives and oblique genitives, wow, you learn something new every day. Thanks Nika and Alex
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6 Feb 2012
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Jayho
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Alas, I didn ´t have time to google GP - I had to get to work.
While blissfully rolling in the dark depths of Adele-ignorance Nika and Sophia gallantly came to the rescue from a possible public lynching and provided a link to Adele ´s Rolling in the Deep.
Know I know - thanks. But now, who is Dido??
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6 Feb 2012
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