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◊ possession and other relationships

Of is used to indicate possession. It can also be used to indicate other kinds of relationship between people or things.
...the home of a sociology professor.
...the sister of the Duke of Urbino.
At the top of the hill Hilary Jackson paused for breath.

You can use of in front of a possessive pronoun such as 'mine', 'his', or 'theirs'. You do this to indicate that someone is one of a group of people or things connected with a particular person. For example, instead of saying 'He is one of my friends', you can say 'He is a friend of mine.'
He's a very good friend of mine.
I talked to a colleague of yours recently.

You can use of like this in front of other possessives.
...a friend of my mother's.
She was a great friend of Lorna Cook's.

The 's is sometimes omitted, especially in American English.
...a close friend of Mr Reagan.

Of is also sometimes used with a possessive after a noun group beginning with 'this', 'that', 'these', or 'those'.
...this experiment of mine.
Jennifer, you didn't force open that antique desk of mine, did you?
...those brilliant shining eyes of hers.


◊ WARNING

You do not use of in front of a personal pronoun such as 'me', 'him', or 'them'. You do not say, for example, 'the sister of me'. Instead you use a possessive determiner such as 'my', 'his', or 'their'.
My sister came down the other week.
He had his hands in his pockets.
...the future of our society.

See entry at ↑ Possessive determiners.

You do not usually use of in front of short noun groups. Instead you use 's or the apostrophe '. For example, instead of saying 'the car of my friend', you say 'my friend's car'.
...Ralph's voice.
...Mr Duffield's sister.
...the President's conduct.
...my colleagues' offices.

See entry at ↑ 's.

For more information about possession, see entry at ↑ Possession and other relationships.


◊ descriptions

You can sometimes use of and a noun group to describe something, instead of using an adjective and a submodifier. For example, instead of saying that something is 'very interesting', you can say that it is of great interest. This is a rather formal use.
It will be of great interest to you.
The result is of little importance.
...a film of considerable character and intelligence.

When you use an adjective to comment on an action, you can put of and a pronoun after the adjective. The pronoun refers to the person who has performed the action. For example, you can say 'That was stupid of you'.
It was brave of them.
I'm sorry, that was silly of me.


◊ authorship

You do not talk about a book 'of' a particular author, or a piece of music 'of' a particular composer. Instead you use by.
...three books by a great Australian writer.
...a collection of pieces by Mozart.

Similarly, you use by to indicate who painted a picture.
...the famous painting by Rubens, The Straw Hat.

A picture of a particular person shows that person as the subject of the picture.
...Felix Topolski's painting of Tony Benn.


◊ location

You can talk about the capital of a country, state, or province.
...Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia.

However, you do not talk about a town or village 'of' a particular country or area. Instead you use in.
...an old Spanish colonial town in Southern Ecuador.
My favourite town in Shropshire is Ludlow.

You also use in, rather than 'of', after superlatives. For example, you talk about 'the tallest building in Tokyo'. You do not say 'the tallest building of Tokyo'.
Hakodate is the oldest port in Hokkaido.
...the biggest lizards in the world.


◊ materials

In literary or old-fashioned writing, of is sometimes used with a noun group to mention the material from which something has been made.
The walls were of bare plaster.
...houses of brick and stone.
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