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#511270 Thu, 08 May 08 04:04 PM

This your post is interesting.

Is this correct?
I think your post is interesting is enough in most cases and I know your this post is wrong.

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LiJ

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Grammar Geek

#511273 Thu, 08 May 08 04:11 PM

Your post is interesting.

This post is interesting.

*This your post is interesting is not grammatical.

This, your post, is interesting is okay if you mean to use "your post" to show what "This" is referring to.

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

Cool Breeze

#511296 Thu, 08 May 08 04:56 PM

Hi LiJ

This/that/these/those + a possessive pronoun or a possessive adjective, as some people call them, is wrong. Instead, say:

This post of yours is interesting. That post of yours was interesting. These posts of yours are interesting. Those posts of yours were interesting.

Cheers

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Nouns, Possessives, Pronouns

Liveinjapan

#511462 Fri, 09 May 08 03:38 AM

Thanks, GG and CB.

Got it!

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