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I've come across the title of this book:

文句の付けようがないラブコメ

And while i do understand the meaning, I don't quite get the usage of の there.
Or, in other words why it is used over を. Any help would be much appreciated.
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meaning particles
The significance of の in this sentence
文句の付けようがないラブコメ and 文句を付けようがないラブコメ are both fine and mean the same thing.

The former is fine simply because `verb-stem + よう` works like a noun, just as
many other words after a verb forms a noun phrase (e.g. 寿司の **食べ方** を学ぶ, お金の
**使い過ぎ** を反省する). Of course you can use の to connect two nouns.

I'm rather having trouble understanding why the _latter_ is fine at the same
time...usually we cannot modify a noun with を. Anyway, this `verb-stem + よう`
also takes を and other adverbial modifiers, too.

>   * 手の出しようがない。 = 手を出しようがない。  
>  There's nothing we can do.
>   * お礼の言いようがありません。 = お礼を言いようがありません。  
>  I can't thank you enough.
>   * 東京へ(は)行きようがない。  
>  There's no way I can go to Tokyo (due to an accident, etc).
>   * 健康に(は)暮らしようがない。  
>  There's no way I can live healthily.
>

It seems to me like `verb-stem + よう` sometimes works like a noun and sometimes
like a verb, but I don't know if this is the correct way to explain this. I
hope someone will post an authoritative reference.
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