中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒251

[正] He has a house of his own.

注：英語的屬格代名詞(Possessive Pronouns)有兩種形式，普通的形式為 my 等，后必須接名詞如 my book，絕對的形式為 mine(=my book)等，是為避免重復地說那名詞而采用的，例如 Your house is larger than mine (=my house)。在屬格代名詞的前面如再加指示代名詞時，即在 my book 前再加 this，that，a，some，any，no 等字樣時，普通的形式便得改為絕對的形式，以避免指示代名詞與屬格代名詞連在一起。三百年前的英語是可以連用的，即可以說 this my book，而現(xiàn)代英語則必須改為 this book of mine 才行。反身屬格(Reflexive Possessive)的 my own，your own，his own 等，也要采用絕對的形式，因為現(xiàn)代英語已不說 He has that his own house. 或 She has some her own reasons. 而必須改成 He has that house of his own. 或 She has some reasons of her own.