from a friend of my father vs from my father's friend

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. 'From a friend of my father' implies that the person is a friend of the user's father, while 'from my father's friend' indicates that the person is primarily the father's friend. The choice between the two depends on the emphasis the speaker wants to place on the relationship between the father and the friend.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 999 views

from a friend of my father

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the person in question is a friend of the user's father.

Examples:

I received a gift from a friend of my father.
The message was from a friend of my father.

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"I'm a friend of your father's." A friend of my father's
That gentleman was a friend of my father or to be more precise, the father of my friend
A friend of my father's came in with the same symptoms.
A friend of my father owes him a favor.
The commander was a friend of my father.
He was a friend of my father's.
This is sarah, a friend of my father's.
Well, there was this strange guy who said he was a friend of my father's.
- She was a friend of my father's.
It just so happens a friend of my father's has procured an interview for me with Harvard tomorrow.
Meaning, a friend of my father's... who works at your family bank will text message me... if any cards are used.
Your husband was a friend of my father's, Mrs. Ross, well-respected and an excellent officer.
You must be a friend of my father.
I only know Sir Richard because he is or was a friend of my father's and of my uncle, Jonathan Swire.
Even if it's a friend of my father's, the law is still the law.
He's a friend of my father's, a great Italian poet!
I was desperate, so a man reached out to me on the Internet, said he was a friend of my father's, said he was a journalist, said he would pay me for gossip from the high-tech world.
The company that published the "Warrior Angel" comic book, they stole the idea from a friend of Zatanna's father.
I'm a friend of Father Mickle's.
It's a friend of Father's.

Alternatives:

from one of my father's friends
from a friend of my dad
from a friend of my father's
from a friend of my father's acquaintance
from a friend of my father's circle

from my father's friend

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the person in question is primarily the father's friend.

Examples:

The invitation came from my father's friend.
I got some advice from my father's friend.

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This was stolen from my father's toolbox by Hiro's men. It's part of the evidence in a case my father was working on right before he was killed.
They're from my father's garden.
I get that from my father's side.
This was stolen from my father's toolbox by Hiro's men.
It's from my father's basement.
It's from my father's generation.
-with issues from my father's abandonment.
I stole this from my father's cellar.
You took from my father's men.
These are the names of the prisoners from my father's cell block.
I'm just amazed you could tear yourself from my father's bed.
-Wait! I took this from my father's office this morning.
I told her that I invited you to show humans and Atrians that we've moved on from my father's death.
Our legal department received a letter from my father's lawyer this morning, giving his proxy to Nicolas Treviño.
I watched my first match from my father's shoulders, Jack.
Is this from my father's folder?
They told me they'd sent the papers from my father's office to this storage room.
All these things from my father's estate -
I just got an alert from my father's "Preferred Skies" app.
He stole them from my father's studio.

Alternatives:

from a friend of my father
from a friend of my dad
from one of my father's friends
from my father's acquaintance
from my father's circle of friends

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