AlexandreAnother  +  547664 Mon, 28 Jul 08 11:01 PM I would appreciate it if you could just answer my question instead of answering questions I didn't even ask. AlexandreAnother Joined on Mon, Jul 28 2008 New Member 49

	Mr.English  +  547672 Mon, 28 Jul 08 11:07 PM Here are 2 correct ways of saying it, the first is more informal, the second more formal. If you had said your original sentence native people would have understood, the content of your sentece is fine it's just the order that is the problem (but I know English is back to front). My Friend cannot walk on his own since he is handcapped My friend is unable to walk unaided due to being handicapped Mr.English Joined on Sun, Jul 27 2008 New Member 13

	Mr.English  +  548187 Tue, 29 Jul 08 04:41 PM Hey, I am from the UK, technically 'a friend of mine' and 'my friend' are the same thing, however 'My friend' is used much more commony in both speech and written work. I don't know what website that was taken from but you can trust me it is not something we would tend to say here, unless we were being formal. Mr.English

	Yoong Liat  +  548682 Wed, 30 Jul 08 03:30 PM Mr.English “Hey, I am from the UK, technically 'a friend of mine' and 'my friend' are the same thing, however 'My friend' is used much more commony in both speech and written work. I don't know what website that was taken from but you can trust me it is not something we would tend to say here, unless we were being formal. ” To me, 'a friend of mine' means 'one of my friends'. It is different from 'my friend'. I wonder whether other native speakers will agree with you. Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757

	Clive  +  548740 Wed, 30 Jul 08 04:45 PM Hi guys, Both terms are OK to start a story. As YL says, 'one of my friends' supplies a bit more information. Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,605 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Mr.English  +  548818 Wed, 30 Jul 08 07:43 PM Haha guys, really I promise you there is no difference between them, neither one supplies more information at all (see below), I am from the UK and I speak the queen's english so I can assure you either is perfectly fine, I'm sure if you ask any native speaker from the UK and indeed other english speaking countries they will agree with me. A friend of mine - this indicates 1 person My friend - Indicates 1 person One of my friends - indicates 1 person 'My friend' is much more commonly used in the UK and I know Americans use that as well; a friend of mine is really long winded I never use that, you would perhaps use this if being very formal but it would be a rarity. Hope that helps a bit Mr.English Difference Between

	Yoong Liat  +  548954 Thu, 31 Jul 08 04:45 AM Mr.English “Haha guys, really I promise you there is no difference between them, neither one supplies more information at all (see below), I am from the UK and I speak the queen's english so I can assure you either is perfectly fine, I'm sure if you ask any native speaker from the UK and indeed other english speaking countries they will agree with me. ” As I said earlier, I wonder whether any native speakers among the members of our forum will agree with you. I would like hear from them.  I'm not saying that you're wrong, but I would like to have confirmation. To me, although 'A friend of mine' indicates one person, it refers to one of my friends, whereas "My friend' refers to a specific friend. Eg, John is my friend. John is a friend of mine refers to the fact that he is one of my friends. Yoong Liat Difference Between