が → の in relative clauses

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In a noun-modifying clause, the subject particle が can be replaced by の — 私の作ったケーキ is a variant of 私が作ったケーキ ('the cake I made'), 分別のない行為 (= 分別がない行為). Older, more formal, and shorter clauses tend to favor の; longer or distinctly-marked-subject clauses tend to favor が.

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