What kinds of phrases with 'of' in them sound particularly odd if you turn them to possessive-with-"'s" forms? e.g. 3rd of May -> May's 3rd It's made of plastic. -> It's plastic's made. What a lot of nonsense! -> What a nonsense's lot! I'm thinking of you. -> I'm your thinking.
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where i grew up, the word "have" was often replaced with "of" instead, which adds an interesting layer to this.
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Right. Someone else suggested that in the thread. Why do people complain then, they're basically the same word right? :p
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i think the problem is that the real making of an "of" is an implied genitive, and in english the possessive is not quite the genitive
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It's a cake's piece. Just don't let it get control's out.
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That's teenagers' typical. => Of that typical of teenager... I think the operation is not so easily reversible
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