中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴251

[正] He has a house of his own.

注：英语的属格代名词(Possessive Pronouns)有两种形式，普通的形式为 my 等，后必须接名词如 my book，绝对的形式为 mine(=my book)等，是为避免重复地说那名词而采用的，例如 Your house is larger than mine (=my house)。在属格代名词的前面如再加指示代名词时，即在 my book 前再加 this，that，a，some，any，no 等字样时，普通的形式便得改为绝对的形式，以避免指示代名词与属格代名词连在一起。三百年前的英语是可以连用的，即可以说 this my book，而现代英语则必须改为 this book of mine 才行。反身属格(Reflexive Possessive)的 my own，your own，his own 等，也要采用绝对的形式，因为现代英语已不说 He has that his own house. 或 She has some her own reasons. 而必须改成 He has that house of his own. 或 She has some reasons of her own.