/lang/ - English language question.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 2:27

Consider the phrase

He is the friend of mine.

Why "mine" is used here?
He is the friend of my --- what?

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 4:26

Nobody speaks engrish here

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 5:15

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080520054926AAmDRi6

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 10:48

He is a friend of mine
That works

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 16:50

The phrase is "he is a friend of mine"

It means the same thing as "he is my friend"

The words are just changed for the different word order.

Name: me 2011-02-10 17:47

5 is right

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 17:54

Some examples:

This is my book.
This book is mine.

He's my friend.
He's a friend of mine.

My - mine
Your - yours
Her - hers
His - his
Their - theirs

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 11:27

>>5
They are not exactly the same. "My obkect" could mean you only have one object. "An object of mine" implies that the object is merely one object from an array of many objects that all belong to the speaker.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 12:01

>>8
your a nigger

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 13:14

>>8
I agree with this, that 'of' here means 'one from a number of'.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 14:03

CHECK MY DUBS MOFOS|

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-13 9:49

>>8

While that's true, I think someone might say "a friend of mine" even if they have only one friend.

Of course, this is 4chan discussion boards, so we don't have friends.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-15 3:07

>>12
True on both accounts.

English language question.

1 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 2:27

2 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 4:26

3 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 5:15

4 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 10:48

5 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 16:50

6 Name: me 2011-02-10 17:47

7 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-10 17:54

8 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 11:27

9 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 12:01

10 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 13:14

11 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-11 14:03

12 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-13 9:49

13 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-15 3:07