Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate word and fill in the blank.

A girlfriend of ____________ told us this news.

  1. mine

  2. his

  3. him

  4. them
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Explanation

The sentence requires a possessive pronoun that can function independently as the object of the preposition 'of'. 'Mine' is a possessive pronoun (like 'yours', 'his', 'hers') that can stand alone: 'A friend of mine' = 'One of my friends'. 'His', 'him', and 'them' are either possessive determiners (requiring a following noun: 'his friend') or object pronouns. This pattern 'a [noun] of [possessive pronoun]' is a fixed English construction for expressing relationships.

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