I think the original post was referring to possessives in general, not just 'him'. Trad grams called my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their possessive adjectives . However, in many modern grammars they came to be called

In casual speaking, I probably use the more common double possessive sometimes. Hi Philip I am sure you prefer the double possessive in cases like this: I'm a colleague of his . CB As opposed to a colleague of him , absolutely.

In casual speaking, I probably use the more common double possessive sometimes. Hi Philip I am sure you prefer the double possessive in cases like this: I'm a colleague of his . CB

"I am a colleague of Mr Smith" or "I am a colleague of Mr Smith 's " I'm not fond of what I call the "double possessive", so I would say either 'a colleague of Mr. Smith' or 'one of Mr.

"I live in a small house with my parents and my brother and sister" In the sentence above, are supposed to use and article or a possessive pronoun before brother and sister ? ...or while talking about father... "I have a father.

Sentences like "I live with my parents and brother and sister" or while talking about fathers or mothers mentioning them time after time, do we use a definite article or are we supposed to use a possessive pronoun each time? e.g.

There is a difference between writing and speaking. If when talking you say "Whos going," the listener will likely hear it as Who is going . But if you write who's, the reader is apt to think it is a possessive, as in Who's key

a) is ok b) I would suggest that other information is required in the final sentence. Maybe ' He was told that the firemen would arrive in a few minutes', or ' the firemen would be arriving is a few minutes. c) If you are talking about

when it comes to inanimate objects, it is wrong to use " 's " Not wrong perhaps, but not always idiomatic, so I think it's best to avoid the 's in those cases. In informal conversation the compound noun form seems to me to be

Is it true that when it comes to inanimate objects, it is wrong to use " 's " and should always be "of" structure instead? 1."The door of the car" 2."The screen of the monitor" If so, is the rule also