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    Is this sentence correct:

    1-My brothers are wealthy and so are yours, but the wealth of your brother was no earned in the same way as that of mine. (as the wealth of my brothers)

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    Default Re: that of mine

    Quote Originally Posted by navi tasan View Post
    Is this sentence correct:

    1-My brothers are wealthy and so are yours, but the wealth of your brother was not earned in the same way as that of mine. (as the wealth of my brothers)
    It's possible, but this is more natural:

    ...but your brother's wealth was not earned in the same way as my brother's.
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    Default Re: that of mine

    Thanks Fivejedjon.

    Well, the idea was to have brothers on one side and one single brother on the other.

    ... as my brothers'

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    Sorry, my slip.
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