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 #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:59 am 'own' as an adjective |
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Hi,Jesus
Yes,you can use the word own but it's redundant here though it can be used for emphasis :D |
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:04 am 'own' as an adjective |
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Hi Jesus
The sentence "I didn't find your OWN trousers." sounds awkward. I'd say that's because of the use of "own" with a combination of "I" and "your".
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He didn't wear his own trousers. Instead he wore mine! (he + his)
I only iron my own clothes. (I + my)
You've got your own way of doing things, don't you? (you + your)
Would you please give me your own opinion for a change? (you + your)
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:06 am 'own' as an adjective |
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| Yes,Amy,you're right.Usage of own is redundunt though it may not be excluded. :D Making parallels with other languages,even with Russian I observed the same structure,though I'd never have used the same sentence in that way(with own).Omission of own has a logical sense :D |
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:48 am 'own' as an adjective |
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| Amy wrote: |
| You've got your own way of doing things, don't you? |
Hello Amy
Could you please tell me if it should be don't you or haven't you?
Thanks in advance
Tom |
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:54 am 'own' as an adjective |
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Hi Tom
Yes, to be grammatically precise, you should say "haven't you". I guess I'd forgotten that I'd used the word "got" by the time I arrived at the tag question. :lol:
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:08 pm 'own' as an adjective |
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| Jesus1 wrote: |
| 2.- I didn?t find your OWN trousers. |
It's perfectly okay to say this if you're contrasting two pairs of pants.
"I didn't find your OWN trousers, but I found the pair you borrowed."
"You didn't go to the party with your own girlfriend." (In other words, he took someone else's, or else it's shocking somehow that he didn't take the girl even though she is his girlfriend.)
For foreigners, the hazard of the word own usually comes when they try to use it without a possessive adjective. You'll hear them say things like, "Do you have an own car?" which is totally wrong. It should be "Do you have your own car?" |
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