Is it proper to say a friend of mine?

“A friend of mine” is the correct way to say that someone is your friend. “George is a friend of mine.” “Of mine” is like saying “that belongs to me.” You can say that someone is a friend to you.

Where do we use his and him?

The term ‘him’ is used in the place of a third-person’ noun, whereas ‘his’ is used to refer to the third person’s possession. Replacement of the object of He is Him; on the contrary, its possession is His. Him is an objective pronoun; on the other hand, His is a possessive pronoun.

What is the difference between a female friend and a girlfriend?

1. A friend is a male or female acquaintance while a girlfriend is a female for whom one has romantic feelings. 2. A friend is someone whom one shares a platonic relationship with while a girlfriend is someone with whom one shares a romantic relationship.

What is the difference between “a friend of mine” and “My Friend?

The phrase “a friend of mine” strongly suggests that the person is merely one of several or many friends, whereas the phrase “my friend” weakly suggests that the person is closer than the large sea of other friends, and perhaps indeed the speaker’s only friend. The difference is rather subtle, but here are two illustrative examples.

How do you refer to a friend in English?

May 5 ’15 at 18:31 @DCShannon: the way this works for most English speakers is that the first time you mention a friend, you say “a friend of mine”, and after that you say “my friend”. An example of what I would expect, from Charles Dickens: ‘That was carved by a friend of mine, as is now no more.

Is it correct to Say ‘My Friend’ or ‘my friends’?

I believe the answer is that in most dialects of English, “my” is a definite personal pronoun, so you should use “my friend” whenever you would use “the friend”, and “a friend of mine” or “one of my friends” when you would say a friend.

What does “mine” mean?

“Mine” is simply the possessive case and thus refers to what the subject owns – perhaps in general, rather than just the collection of his/her friends. – Noldorin