[General] one of my friends / a friend of mine

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sitifan

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1. I happened to meet one of my friends at the station.
2. I happened to meet a friend of mine at the station.
Both of the above sentences are grammatically correct, aren't they? Which is more natural?
 

Rover_KE

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They're grammatical and equally natural.
 

teechar

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And they both mean the same.
 

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It would be even more natural to replace "I happened to meet" with "I bumped into".
 
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