| 词组 | my, mine |
| 释义 | my, mine These, like thy, thine and no, none, were originally variants for phonological reasons: the \\ \\\\ versions were used before vowels and after the word modified. Strang 1970 tells us that because the final position was pronominal, a new distribution of the words developed, based on grammatical considerations. My took over the adjectival duties and mine the pronominal ones. The use of mine in attributive position before words beginning with a vowel is now archaic, and found only in a few special contexts. Copperud 1970, 1980 mentions some contradictory opinions about my and mine in Evans 1957 and Fowler 1926, 1965. Evans says that mine is used in combination with another possessive pronoun when the combination precedes the noun it refers to, as in "mine and her child." Fowler takes just the opposite position, calling for my in this position, as in "my or your informant." Copperud says that logic and consistency favor Fowler's position; however, we suspect that this is a case in which sound and familiarity of idiom weigh more heavily than logic. You should choose the wording that sounds best to your ear. Both Evans and Fowler do agree that the best solution is to rephrase the sentence whenever possible, using the construction that gives "my child and hers" and "my informant and yours." |
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