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Mon 2 Sep, 2013 07:01 pm
How are you?
I'm a S. Korean who's studying English.
Let me give you a couple of similar sentences and please tell me which sounds most natural to you.
1. The president of Girou Electronics stated that the financial performance of the company was a personal responsibility of him.
2. The president of Girou Electronics stated that the financial performance of the company was a personal responsibility of himself.
3. The president of Girou Electronics stated that the financial performance of the company was a personal responsibility of his.
I've used the expression 'a friend of mine' a lot.
A similart pattern should be 'a personal responsibility of his', I guess.
My book also suggests the third one is grammatically correct.
Is my book right? Do you find the third sentence is the most natural?
You wouldn't recommend using the first or the second sentence, would you?
I'd appreciate any of your comment.
Thank you.
@roger,
…and for what it's worth (not much around here) we'd be likely to entirely omit those last two words
….while I am most sincerely impressed, Mick, by your diligence and determination to learn a most difficult language
@dalehileman,
I'm honored to hear that compliment from you.
I know I'm so much blessed to be able to meet good people just like you.
Thank you.
@izzythepush,
Thanks a lot for showing me those beautiful sentences.
I think I need to learn them by heart.
@SMickey,
Quote:1. The president of Girou Electronics stated that the financial performance of the company was a personal responsibility of him.
1. The president of Girou Electronics stated that the financial performance of the company was a personal responsibility
for him.
This, with 'for' is a possibility.
@JTT,
What sounds the most natural, my sentences or yours?
@izzythepush,
Quote:What sounds the most natural, my sentences or yours?
I didn't suggest, Izzy, or mean to suggest that your examples were/are at all untoward. They are dandy examples.
As to which/what is more natural, that obviously depends on what a speaker intends. That is what nuance is all about.
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