2011年7月14日 · The question here is: is "my" a definite personal pronoun, or just a personal pronoun? I believe the answer is that in most dialects of English, "my" is a definite personal pronoun, so you should use "my friend" whenever you would use "the friend", and "a friend of mine" or "one of my friends" when you would say a friend.

2019年8月16日 · "He affected me and my friend's day." or "He affected my and my friend's day." It seems clear to me that the first sentence clearly sounds the best, but I was always told that you should be able to isolate the sentence to just one of the objects, i.e. remove my friend from the sentence, and when I do that, only the second sentence makes sense.

2020年4月2日 · The only reason why "I and my friend" is discouraged is because it's considered discourteous to put yourself first. When you say "My friend and I love the sun" the subject is plural, and then the plural form of "love" is required. When you say "My friend loves the sun" you must use the 3rd person singular form of the verb -- "loves".

2012年5月29日 · spoken on the phone as a favor to the common friend ; interceded on some issue at the request of the friend ; never met or spoken at all, but are aware of the other based on information provided by the mutual friend; be on the road to becoming a friend-in-fact; You, the friend, and the friend-of-a-friend are all links in a social network.

My friend and I is correct, as you and your friend are still the subject of the sentence (albeit in apposition). However, it is common to say me and my friend, particularly in colloquial situations. If you are speaking in a formal register, use my friend and I; if not, use whichever you prefer. –

My partner and I went shopping. My partner and I = subject. A friend gave this to my partner and me. Partner and me = object. It all depends on where the phrase fits in the sentence. Sometimes you hear I used incorrectly as in "That's a picture of my partner and I." It should be: "That's a picture of my partner and me" because partner and me ...

In friend of mine, mine means my friends, so literally He is [one] friend of [all my friends]. or, more idiomatically, He is one of my friends. If I only have one friend and he is my only friend, we cannot then say "he is a friend of mine", because the "mine" doesn't mean a group of people.

2016年7月30日 · I turn to see my friend- James Grand- walking towards me. I turn to see my friend, James Grand, walking towards me. I turn to see my friend James Grand walking towards me. Regarding the first option, Hyphens are not appropriate in between words except when joining the parts of hyphenated words. Hyphens are used to separate syllables before line ...

2015年12月23日 · 1: I sometimes meet my ex-wife in the park 2: I sometimes meet with my ex-wife in the park. The default meaning of #1 is that I encounter her (probably accidentally) when I go to the park, whereas for #2 it's that I meet up with her by arrangement from time to time. This is because to meet on its own has a broad range of possible meanings.

This varies greatly by geography. In the Southeastern United States, it is not uncommon for some women to address or answer people--even strangers--of either sex with terms of endearment, such as Honey, Sugar, Sweetie, Darling, Baby, etc.