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What is the difference between "you are the(a) sam's brother." and "you are the(a) brother of sam." ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between "you are the(a) sam's brother." and "you are the(a) brother of sam." ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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17 Mar 2016
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"You are Sam's brother." Important is Sam.
"You are the brother of Sam."** Important is the relationship you have to Sam.
** This is unnatural.
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"You are Sam's brother." Important is Sam.
"You are the brother of Sam."** Important is the relationship you have to Sam.
** This is unnatural.
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@PiaRIN: thanks for answering.
So do we use in regular talk, I should use
"You are sam's brother". Right?
So do we use in regular talk, I should use
"You are sam's brother". Right?
- English (US)
@kim900f Yes, but it's also a little unnatural because of course they know they are Sam's brother. You should ask it like a question:
"You are Sam's brother, right?"
"Are you Sam's brother?"
"Oh! So you are Sam's brother."
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