one of my mother made ?

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whl626

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A : May I pour you another cup of tea ?
B : Thank you, that's very kind. I must say I love your tea cozy. The design is very attractive.
A : I'm glad you like it. It's one of my mother made.
B : Well, she was clearly very skilled with the needle.
A : Yes, she was; needlework was her favourite hobby.

Don't you think the ' made ' is supposed to be ' make ' since ' make ' is used as a noun in this situation ?

Thanks in advance
 
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whl626 said:
A : May I pour you another cup of tea ?
B : Thank you, that's very kind. I must say I love your tea cozy. The design is very attractive.
A : I'm glad you like it. It's one of my mother made.
B : Well, she was clearly very skilled with the needle.
A : Yes, she was; needlework was her favourite hobby.

Don't you think the ' made ' is supposed to be ' make ' since ' make ' is used as a noun in this situation ?

Thanks in ad

It's one of my mother made.vance

I would just say it's one my mother made or it's one that my mother made. That "of" thing sounds kinda British, I think.
 

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So you are sure, that's ' made ' not ' make ' ?
 

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whl626 said:
A : May I pour you another cup of tea ?
B : Thank you, that's very kind. I must say I love your tea cozy. The design is very attractive.
A : I'm glad you like it. It's one of my mother made.
B : Well, she was clearly very skilled with the needle.
A : Yes, she was; needlework was her favourite hobby.

Don't you think the ' made ' is supposed to be ' make ' since ' make ' is used as a noun in this situation ?

Thanks in advance

I agree with Natalie. :D

There's a typo. Either 'of' should be deleted,

It's one my mother made.

or 'the ones' should be added,

It's one of the ones my mother made.

Note that, the relative pronoun that has been omitted:

It's one that my mother made.
It's one of the ones that my mother made.


Note also, 'that my mother made' is a clause (clauses have a subject and a verb) modifying 'one':

one (that) my mother made
Cf. my mother made one

Structure

It (Subject; pronoun, refers to the tea cozy)
is (Linking verb)
one (Predicate nominative)
that (Omitted relative pronoun)
that my mother made (adjective clause modifying 'one')
my mother (Subject, noun phrase: possessive pronoun+noun)
made (past tense verb)

All the best, :D
 
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Casiopea said:
whl626 said:
A : May I pour you another cup of tea ?
B : Thank you, that's very kind. I must say I love your tea cozy. The design is very attractive.
A : I'm glad you like it. It's one of my mother made.
B : Well, she was clearly very skilled with the needle.
A : Yes, she was; needlework was her favourite hobby.

Don't you think the ' made ' is supposed to be ' make ' since ' make ' is used as a noun in this situation ?

Thanks in advance

I agree with Natalie. :D

There's a typo. Either 'of' should be deleted,

It's one my mother made.

or 'the ones' should be added,

It's one of the ones my mother made.

Note that, the relative pronoun that has been omitted:

It's one that my mother made.
It's one of the ones that my mother made.


Note also, 'that my mother made' is a clause (clauses have a subject and a verb) modifying 'one':

one (that) my mother made
Cf. my mother made one

Structure

It (Subject; pronoun, refers to the tea cozy)
is (Linking verb)
one (Predicate nominative)
that (Omitted relative pronoun)
that my mother made (adjective clause modifying 'one')
my mother (Subject, noun phrase: possessive pronoun+noun)
made (past tense verb)

All the best, :D

Perhaps, "one of many my mother made"? So in this case the sentence is missing the word "many".
 

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:) I agree with that too
 
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sharguar said:
Natalie27 said:
Casiopea said:
whl626 said:
"?
So in this case the sentence is missing the word "many".

I think the speaker just doesn't want to make
it too formal.
Perhaps 'it's my mother made' would be enough and grammatically correct.
(like home-made, an adjective)

As far as I am concerned, it isn't either informal or grammatical. Couldn't even call it slang if I wanted to. :D
 
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