the possessive word "of" many times in a sentence

[trueheart_205]

Can I use the possessive word "of" many times in a sentence as follow:
"I bought a lot ot cakes of stores of that hall"
Is it natural to use like that or how can I rewrite?
Thanks! :-D

 

[bhaisahab]

Can I use the possessive word "of" many times in a sentence as follow:
"I bought a lot ot cakes of stores of that hall"
Is it natural to use like that or how can I rewrite?
Thanks! :-D

No, it's not natural. "I bought a lot of cakes from stores in that hall."

 

[5jj]

It is possible to use 'of' several times:

News of the assassination of the President of the People's Republic of Gardenia has caused concern in neigbouring states.

 

[BobK]

:up: And 'hall' is possible but unusual, rather than 'place/shopping centre/mall...'. Some posh shops - and shops with pretensions to poshness - have a place called a 'food hall' - but a 'food hall' doesn't contain 'stores'. Perhaps the OP is being misled by the French halles - which means something like 'covered market'; and that, too, doesn't contain 'stores'. A covered market is made up of 'stalls'.

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[bhaisahab]

:up: And 'hall' is possible but unusual, rather than 'place/shopping centre/mall...'. Some posh shops - and shops with pretensions to poshness - have a place called a 'food hall' - but a 'food hall' doesn't contain 'stores'. Perhaps the OP is being misled by the French halles - which means something like 'covered market'; and that, too, doesn't contain 'stores'. A covered market is made up of 'stalls'.

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"Les Halles" in Avignon contains small shops.

 

[bhaisahab]

"Les Halles" in Avignon contains small shops.

Although the "halles" in Versailles, my wife's home town, has stalls and no shops.

 

[BobK]

But whether they're stalls or shops they're not stores!

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[emsr2d2]

But whether they're stalls or shops they're not stores!

b

A shop in the UK is a store in the US, isn't it?

BrE = I'm going to the bookshop.
AmE = I'm going to the bookstore.

To me, a shopping centre in the UK is a covered area full of different shops, and a shopping mall in the USA is a covered area full of different stores.

 

[BobK]

A shop in the UK is a store in the US, isn't it?

BrE = I'm going to the bookshop.
AmE = I'm going to the bookstore.

To me, a shopping centre in the UK is a covered area full of different shops, and a shopping mall in the USA is a covered area full of different stores.

I think that's the way it works - though I wouldn't be surprised if some US retail places were called 'shops' - for the snob value - rather like Br Eng and 'boutique'. But I really don't know.

(And don't get me started on French magasins, which don't sell magazines, unless... ;-))

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