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Reply Tue 24 Mar, 2015 06:38 am
If any sentence from following sentences is wrong, please say why it is wrong.

1-My father has five friends. I wrote a letter to the friend of my father's who is in England.

2-My father has five friends. I wrote a letter to my father's friend who is in England.


3-My house has six doors. I oiled the door of my house's that creaked.

4-My house has six doors. I oiled my house's door that creaked.

What are the differences between 1 and 2, 3 and 4?
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Reply Tue 24 Mar, 2015 06:59 am
We don't give possession to a house.

We say: House doors or house door

The windows of that house don't work.

The house windows don't work.

(The other sentences are correct and give possession to the father.)
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