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A more interesting question: why do we say the city of London, but uncle John (not the uncle of John, for example)?

Originally Posted by Marcus

A more interesting question: why do we say the city of London, but uncle John (not the uncle of John, for example)?

Really! But I am not sure if native speakers understand our logic behind that. The expected answer is probably "uncle of John" is "John's uncle", but "uncle John" is someone else's uncle