Re: by way of introduction

David C. Oshel wrote:

My question is, is there a way to express (in English) "I'd like a copy
of your friend's book" that makes sense to (fairly fluent in English)
Japanese? The explosion seems to have centered around the expression
"his book", by which I meant "the book he wrote."

"I'd like a copy of the book your friend wrote."

Marc

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