Double genitive
In each of the following two questions, there are six choices. Which choice, if any, is unacceptable in informal English and why? And, which choice, if any, is unacceptable in formal English and why?Question I:
a) a constant warmth of you,
b) a constant warmth of yours,
c) the constant warmth of you,
d) the constant warmth of yours,
e) that constant warmth of you, and
f) that constant warmth of yours.
Question II:
a) an ugly temper of you,
b) an ugly temper of yours,
c) the ugly temper of you,
d) the ugly temper of yours,
e) that ugly temper of you, and
f) that ugly temper of yours.
Please note, I do know the difference between “that beautiful picture of you” and “that beautiful picture of yours.”
Also, I have already checked the following sources:
a) George O. Curme, A Grammar of the English Language, Volume I: Parts of Speech (Verbatim, 1977), at 136,
b) George O. Curme, A Grammar of the English Language, Volume II: Syntax (Verbatim, 1977), at 76,
c) Randolph Quirk, et. al., A Grammar of Contemporary English (Seminar Press, 1972), at 889-890, and
a) Marianne Celce-Murcia and Diane Larsen-Freeman, The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher’s Course, second edition (Heinle, 1999), at 312 ff.
Will appreciate your views. Many thanks.
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