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THAT + adjective + noun + OF + possessive pronoun

attitude, C2, humerous, possessive, PRONOUNS, sarcastic

Point 115 in PRONOUNS:

‘THAT … OF’ + possessive pronouns to express an attitude about someone or something, often in humorous or sarcastic contexts.

*there are other very similar C2 points to this too.

iWeb doesn’t allow more than 5 tokens in a search so a COCA search for:

that _JJ _NN _IO _PPGE

1 THAT THICK SKULL OF YOURS 7
2 THAT PRETTY FACE OF YOURS 7

FOR EXAMPLE:

The next step is making sure that pretty face of yours looks as good as your mother thinks it does.

 

 

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