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Message from blahblah posted on 01-02-2012 at 20:19:35 (D | E | F)
Hello,

I've just taken the "university test 1" and I need help with some corrections. Indeed, at the sentence number 24, they have corrected me like that :

"24. She is an acquaintance of Peter Peter's"
I don't get it. May someone explain me ?
And at the number 28 :
"28. He went bankrupt a in one day, owing to careless management."

For the second one : does that mean this poor guy lasts only one day ? I didn't know what to choose, so I selected "a" by default.
Thanks in advance.

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Edited by lucile83 on 01-02-2012 22:37

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Re: University Test/issues from gerondif, posted on 01-02-2012 at 22:19:37 (D | E)
Hello,

24) "She is one of Peter's friends" can become idiomatically: "She is a friend of Peter's".
28) It took only one day for him to lose everything.

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Re: University Test/issues from ceri55, posted on 02-02-2012 at 00:14:33 (D | E)
The 's means something belongs to somebody.
Literally 'A friend belonging to Peter'

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Edited by lucile83 on 02-02-2012 08:45
English only forum here, message modified.

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Re: University Test/issues from ceri55, posted on 02-02-2012 at 00:15:48 (D | E)
OOps, sorry didn't realise this page is 'English only'

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Edited by lucile83 on 02-02-2012 08:48
Just modified

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