Jun 12, 2006 14:35
18 yrs ago
English term
sadri
your this friend
Non-PRO
English
Other
Linguistics
Can you tell me about your this friend?
Is this structure true in English. Can ve say; your/my his this / that (something).
eg : I want your this car.
thank you.
Is this structure true in English. Can ve say; your/my his this / that (something).
eg : I want your this car.
thank you.
Responses
| 4 +13 | you can say "this friend of yours" or "your friend" |
Terence Ajbro
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| 5 +9 | No |
Angela Dickson (X)
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| 5 +4 | this friend of yours |
Vicky Papaprodromou
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Change log
Jun 12, 2006 15:03: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
Responses
+13
2 mins
Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
&
English
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
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14
Selected
you can say "this friend of yours" or "your friend"
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jack Doughty
0 min
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| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
0 min
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| agree |
Angela Dickson (X)
1 min
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| agree |
Alison Jenner
2 mins
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| agree |
anastasia t (X)
24 mins
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| agree |
Yavor Dimitrov
: In terms of grammar, 'this' and 'your' are usually called 'determiners'. As a rule of thumb, you cannot put two determiners together.
41 mins
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| agree |
Özden Arıkan
50 mins
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
56 mins
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| agree |
jccantrell
1 hr
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| agree |
Richard Benham
3 hrs
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| agree |
Sophia Finos (X)
5 hrs
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| agree |
KNielsen
9 hrs
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| agree |
Romanian Translator (X)
18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+4
3 mins
Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
Greece
Specializes in field
Greece
hellenic wings in translation
Native in: Greek 
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English
Related KudoZ points
:
12
this friend of yours
You can never say "this your friend" but only "this friend of yours" .
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Angela Dickson (X)
0 min
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Thanks, Angela.:-)
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| agree |
Özden Arıkan
49 mins
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Thanks a lot.
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| neutral |
Richard Benham
: Actually, there's not so much wrong with "this your friend", alghough it's a bit stilted. The question was about "your this friend" which IS just plain wrong.
3 hrs
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Hi Richard. What I meant was the word order in the original question, i.e. "your this friend" .
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| agree |
Sophia Finos (X)
5 hrs
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Thanks, Sophia.:-)
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| agree |
KNielsen
9 hrs
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Thanks a lot.
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+9
3 mins
Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
Related KudoZ points
:
12
No
No, you can either say 'your friend' or 'this friend' or 'this friend of yours'.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
2 mins
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| agree |
Orla Ryan
6 mins
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| agree |
Leny Vargas
9 mins
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| agree |
anastasia t (X)
24 mins
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| agree |
Özden Arıkan
49 mins
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| agree |
Bianca Jacobsohn
1 hr
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| agree |
Richard Benham
3 hrs
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| agree |
Sophia Finos (X)
5 hrs
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| agree |
KNielsen
9 hrs
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