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- 14-Aug-2011, 02:14 #1
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of She is my cousin.
She is a cousin of mine.
She is the cousin of mine.
The second and third stentences are right? Please.
- 14-Aug-2011, 02:18 #2
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Re: of The third sentence works logically if you have only one cousin. But the first is the natural expression.
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- 14-Aug-2011, 02:29 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: of How about the third? Please.
- 14-Aug-2011, 02:41 #4
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Re: of "She is my cousin" remains the natural way to express the fact.
"She is a cousin of mine" states that she is a cousin and you have more than one cousin.
"She is the cousin of mine" is not a natural utterance on its own.
It is possible to begin a longer sentence like that, e.g. "she is the cousin of mine that went to college overseas" to distinguish this one cousin from among many. Even in that case "she is a cousin of mine..." is more likely.
- 14-Aug-2011, 08:20 #5
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Teacher Re: of Puzzle, please give your threads better titles. We don't charge you by the word.
This one could have been headed She is my cousin.
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