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by Strang 599 days ago
Grammatical possession does not imply property. "My grandmother," "my hometown," "my skeleton," etc.
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In Chapter 21 of the Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis discusses the dangers of interchanging of the various flavors of "my". (Well, a fictional demon monologues about the utility of confusing "my" in the mind of humans, but that's the Screwtape Letters for you.)