> 好きな本を教えてください。僕のは春の雪です。

got corrected to

> 好きな本を教えてください。僕の好きなのは春の雪です。

Why is it not possible to replace all of 好きな本 by の、given that the context
makes the intended meaning obvious?
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grammar particles particle-の ellipsis
Why can't I shorten 僕の好きな本は to 僕のは？
You could have said 僕は春の雪です instead, although this is colloquial and some
teacher might still want to correct it, depending on their stance or your
level of Japanese. This type of sentence is sometimes referred to as うなぎ文
("eel sentence").

  * [Are possessive particles implied in a conversation?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/44053/5010)
  * [Overall syntax of this sentence](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/48986/5010)

僕のは is wrong because 僕の refers to a thing that belongs to 僕. 僕のは春の雪です would
sound like "My book is 春の雪."
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好きな本を教えてください。

１．「春の雪」です。This is good.

２．「春の雪」が好きです。This is good.

３．私は「春の雪」です。This is possible, as うなぎ文, but I don't like this. If I were a
teacher, I would correct this if this is a person-to-person dialog. If there
are plural people and they take turn to answer to the same question, this
sentence is perfectly fine. It depends on the background.

４．私のは「春の雪」です。This is weird and unnatural, even though it seems not bad
logically.

５．私の好きなのは「春の雪」です。This is okay. But I might prefer 6.

６．私が好きなのは「春の雪」です。 This is okay.

７．私が好きな本は「春の雪」です。 This is fine, but some people might say it's a little
redundant.

８．「春の雪」が私の好きな本です。This is good.

９．「春の雪」が私は好きです。This is good.

１０．「春の雪」が私の好きなのです。This is weird, although it seems okay logically.

１１．「春の雪」が私のです。This is weird, although it seems logically okay.

I like the answers: 1, 2, (5), 6, (7), 8, 9.
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