Timeline for " The goal was his to achieve" - What structure is it?
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| Apr 4, 2014 at 13:51 | comment | added | Man_From_India | I think "his", "hers" etc are possessive pronoun. Never knew they are possessive adjectives as well. No idea. But there is no issue of your considering "to achieve" as a noun, in my opinion. | |
| Apr 4, 2014 at 13:33 | comment | added | user2747502 | So I must use a possessive pronoun in my example, not a possessive adjective? But why my fist understanding is wrong ? I mean we can consider that "to achieve" is a noun and her/his is a possessive adjective and we usually can put a possessive adjective before a noun. | |
| Apr 4, 2014 at 13:25 | comment | added | Man_From_India | Correct. And another variety is "for her to achieve". Both bears the same meaning. | |
| Apr 4, 2014 at 13:24 | comment | added | user2747502 | What if it's not "his" but "her" ? So it would be "the goal was hers" and "The goal was hers to achieve".? | |
| Apr 4, 2014 at 13:00 | history | answered | Man_From_India | CC BY-SA 3.0 |