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Thread: a play of Shakespeare('s)
- 06-Feb-2012, 02:35 #1
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a play of Shakespeare('s) That's a play of Shakespeare.
That's a play of Shakespeare's.
Does each sentence work as well as the other and have the same meaning?
Thank you in advance.
- 06-Feb-2012, 06:27 #2
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Teacher Re: a play of Shakespeare('s) The first doesn't work particularly well for me- I would use by.
- 06-Feb-2012, 06:44 #3
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Teacher Re: a play of Shakespeare('s) The second doesn't work particularly well for me - I would use "That's one of Shakespeare's plays."
- 06-Feb-2012, 08:32 #4
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Teacher Re: a play of Shakespeare('s) Agreed - or 'That's a Shakespeare play'.
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