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Isn't it right to say "him", not "his"?

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Rebecca

Here it is actually correct to use "his". This is because "his" means something belongs to 'him'. So "I'm a friend of his" is the same thing as saying, "I'm his friend". The friend belongs to him, so he is "a friend of his".

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