this + NOUN PHRASE + of + POSSESSIVE PRONOUN – English Grammar Profiler
Here are advanced examples of using the determiner THIS + noun + OF + a possessive pronoun to highlight:
I’m impressed at how the students have picked up on this war of his.
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In this world of theirs, nothing is bad or evil.
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An iWeb search for:
this _NN of _PPGE
1 THIS WAR OF MINE 1147
(This is ranked as common because of a board game title)
2 THIS WORLD OF OURS 397 3 THIS POST OF YOURS 314
4 THIS COUNTRY OF OURS 297
And yet it goes on and on and on in this country of ours.
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5 THIS FRIEND OF MINE 231 6 THIS HEART OF MINE 228 7 THIS POST OF MINE 112 8 THIS BODY OF MINE 112 9 THIS DREAM OF MINE 95 10 THIS SON OF MINE 93 11 THIS FRIEND OF YOURS 89 12 THIS PLANET OF OURS 71 13 THIS ARTICLE OF YOURS 69 14 THIS LIFE OF OURS 64
15 THIS THING OF OURS 62
16 THIS PASSION OF MINE 61
17 THIS SON OF YOURS 61 18 THIS LIFE OF MINE 60 19 THIS IDEA OF YOURS 60 20 THIS BLOG OF YOURS 57 21 THIS RECIPE OF YOURS 53 22 THIS CITY OF OURS 51 23 THIS HOBBY OF OURS 51 24 THIS LAND OF OURS 49 25 THIS DAY OF YOURS 49 26 THIS PROBLEM OF MINE 47 27 THIS COMMENT OF YOURS 43 28 THIS EARTH OF OURS 43 29 THIS STATEMENT OF YOURS 43 30 THIS AGE OF OURS 36 31 THIS PROJECT OF MINE 33 32 THIS NATION OF OURS 30 33 THIS THEORY OF YOURS 29 34 THIS JOURNEY OF OURS 27 35 THIS PROJECT OF YOURS 27 36 THIS LOVE OF MINE 26 37 THIS THEORY OF MINE 26 38 THIS BLOG OF MINE 25 39 THIS ARTICLE OF MINE 25 40 THIS BODY OF OURS 25 41 THIS HOBBY OF MINE 25 42 THIS JOURNEY OF MINE 25 43 THIS JOY OF MINE 24 44 THIS PROBLEM OF YOURS 23 45 THIS PLAN OF YOURS 23 46 THIS IDEA OF MINE 23 47 THIS LIBERTY OF YOURS 22 48 THIS HABIT OF MINE 22 49 THIS DREAM OF YOURS 22 50 THIS MATTER OF OURS 22 51 THIS SOUL OF MINE 22 52 THIS QUESTION OF MINE 21 53 THIS BRAIN OF MINE 21 54 THIS COMMENT OF MINE 21 55 THIS FAMILY OF MINE 21 56 THIS SITE OF YOURS 21 57 THIS WORK OF MINE 21 58 THIS LETTER OF MINE 20 59 THIS HOUSE OF MINE 20 60 THIS STORY OF MINE 20 61 THIS HEART OF YOURS 19 62 THIS ISLAND OF OURS 19 63 THIS LIGHT OF OURS 19 64 THIS STATEMENT OF HIS 19 65 THIS WORLD OF MINE 19 66 THIS MIND OF MINE 18 67 THIS FRIEND OF HERS 18 68 THIS GIRL OF MINE 18 69 THIS STATEMENT OF MINE 18 70 THIS UNIVERSE OF OURS 18 71 THIS HAND OF MINE 17 72 THIS BROTHER OF YOURS 17 73 THIS SON OF OURS 17 74 THIS CHILD OF MINE 16 75 THIS DREAM OF OURS 16 76 THIS AFFAIR OF OURS 16 77 THIS FLESH OF OURS 16 78 THIS GOAL OF MINE 16 79 THIS ISSUE OF MINE 16 80 THIS QUESTION OF YOURS 16 81 THIS OPINION OF MINE 16 82 THIS WEBSITE OF YOURS 16 83 THIS WORK OF YOURS 16 84 THIS PAIN OF MINE 15 85 THIS JOURNEY OF YOURS 15 86 THIS HUB OF YOURS 15 87 THIS BOOK OF YOURS 15 88 THIS TOWN OF YOURS 15 89 THIS VIDEO OF MINE 15 90 THIS ARTICLE OF OURS 14 91 THIS BIRTHDAY OF YOURS 14 92 THIS EXPERIENCE OF MINE 14 93 THIS CHILD OF YOURS 14 94 THIS GAME OF OURS 14 95 THIS GLOBE OF OURS 14 96 THIS FEAR OF MINE 14 97 THIS FAMILY OF OURS 14 98 THIS MONTH OF YOURS 14 99 THIS STORY OF YOURS 14
100 THIS WORLD OF YOURS 14
In the NOW corpus:
this _JJ _NN of _PPGE
1 THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE 297
(common because of a song title)
2 THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS 274 3 THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS 123 4 THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF OURS 99
5 THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS 49