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My husband calls me the "Throwaway Queen." I have gotten into hot water for not asking before I trashed something. Now I think I've made a huge mistake.

My husband is now far into dementia. We are thinking of moving, so I started cleaning out storage bins. I threw away two items of my husband's that had been in those bins for years. Last week, his son came over to help clear out some things and specifically asked for the items I tossed. They apparently were of sentimental value to him.

of sentimental valueはなぜofが必要なのでしょうか？They apparently have sentimental value to him.とは言えないのでしょうか？よろしくお願いします

No.1 ベストアンサー 回答者： chucky5590 回答日時： 2019/07/19 16:23

of + 抽象名詞 で、一つの形容詞と同じ意味を持ちます。

of use = useful, of value = valuable など
がその例です。of sentimental value = sentimentally valuable ＝ 感傷的な価値がある～感傷的に見て
価値のある～そこで、
They were of sentimental value to him.
They were sentimentally valuable to him.
They had (a) sentimental value to him. の三つは同じ内容の英文として良いと考えられます。

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