29. Problems with Possessive Adjectives#1: Faulty Word Order

A. Dear my friend

B. Original Korea's culture is disappearing.

C. What was first your destination?

D. He completed his all projects.

The normal word order: Possessive Adjective+Attributive Adjective(s)+Noun

A1ok, B1ok, C1ok

The Possessive adjective always goes first!

1.-3.

All of partitive quantifiers are placed before possessive adjectives in a sentence.

4.-7.

D1ok

30. Problems with Possessive Adjectives#1: Unnecessary Possessive Adjectives

A. They live in an apartment, but they want to buy their house.

B. After graduating from college, I wanted to find my job.

C. He lost his weight when he was in the hospital.

D. I couldn't pay my attention to the teacher's lecture because the other students were making noise.

E. Where do you want to eat lunch? Do you have any particular restaurant in your mind?

A1ok(A house will become their house only after they buy it.)

B1ok

In English, possessive adjectives are only used for nouns which are already possessed.

'He broke his leg', 'She changed her mind', 'He is worried about his weight','Her weight has remained about the same since she got married.'

Do not use possessive adjectives in the expression:'to gain weight','to lose weight', and 'to put on weight', 'to pay attention', 'to have in mind'

1.-4.

Important Cultural Note: Avoid making any comments about other people's weights.

D1ok, E1ok

31. The Same As

A. Miss Park has same blood type with my father.

B.  Mr. Choi and I go to same university.

C. His opinion is same to me.

D. My father and I have a same idea.

1.-5.

'SAME' always follows the definite article ('THE')

6.-11.

'X' is the same as 'Y': X and Y are identical!

12.-14.

A1ok-D1ok

<Special Conversational Idioms>

I. 'Same here': conversational idiom

II. 'It's the same with __________'

The situation or condition which has just been described also applies to _________.

III. 'It's (all) the same to person'

The person has no strong preference regarding the options which have been proposed.

32. Suggest/Recommend/Propose

A. He suggested me to study abroad.

B. She didn't know what food to make for dinner, so I suggested her to cook kimch'i tchige.

C. My professor recommended me to become a teacher.

D. After I'd known my girlfriend for three months, I proposed her to get married.

X: 'suggest/recommend/propose'+a person+'to' infinitive.

OK: 'suggest/recommend/propose'+'that' clause

OK: 'suggest/recommend/propose'+[a person's]+ Gerund

OK: 'suggest/recommend/propose'+NOUN

1a-1c

2a-2c(Do not use indirect objects!)

A1ok-D1ok

Note I: 'should'(optional)=> formal!

Note II: advise + a person + to infinitive

A2ok, C2ok, 3,4,    (propose to someone: marriage proposal) 5a-5d, E1ok, 6