<blockquote>
  <p>他对我说：“我爷爷的全身很疼，他不能去游泳”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>的 in 我爷爷的 (My grandpa's) is a possessive marker, therefore follow it with a noun '全身' is  grammatically correct. But 的 can be omitted here</p>

<p>我爷爷的全身 = 我爷爷全身</p>

<p>Native Chinese would write "我爷爷全身[都]很疼" [所以]他不能去游泳” (My grandpa's whole body is [all] in pain, [therefore], he can't go swimming)</p>

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2020-04-18T20:04:00.873Z
2020-04-18T20:04:00.873Z
Tang Ho
<p>我爷爷的全身很疼 sounds ok.  </p>

<p>but 我爷爷全身很疼 sounds better.  我爷爷 is topic.  我爷爷"怎么样"？(我爷爷)全身很疼。</p>

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2020-04-20T05:04:06.160Z
2020-04-20T05:04:06.160Z
dan
<blockquote>
  <p>他对我说：“我爷爷的全身很疼，他不能去游泳”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Is the entire sentence grammatically correct? I'm not sure about "的". 
Should I remove it or just leave it? </p>

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我爷爷的全身很疼，他不能去游泳: Is this sentence grammatically correct?
# 我爷爷的全身很疼，他不能去游泳: Is this sentence grammatically correct?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-18)

> 他对我说：“我爷爷的全身很疼，他不能去游泳”

Is the entire sentence grammatically correct? I'm not sure about "的".
Should I remove it or just leave it?

**Tags:** grammar, simplified-characters


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

> 他对我说：“我爷爷的全身很疼，他不能去游泳”

的 in 我爷爷的 (My grandpa's) is a possessive marker, therefore follow it with a noun '全身' is grammatically correct. But 的 can be omitted here

我爷爷的全身 = 我爷爷全身

Native Chinese would write "我爷爷全身[都]很疼" [所以]他不能去游泳” (My grandpa's whole body is [all] in pain, [therefore], he can't go swimming)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-04-20. Score: 1

我爷爷的全身很疼 sounds ok.

but 我爷爷全身很疼 sounds better. 我爷爷 is topic. 我爷爷"怎么样"？(我爷爷)全身很疼。


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