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Originally Posted by duo797
On the subject of もの vs. 物, do you happen to know why writing もの is better? Also, is the same thing true of こと and 事?
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I sure do. One only needs to read the two example sentences by the OP.
In each of them, the speaker is referring to another
person, not an object.
If you're referring to a pen or car or even a house, you can say 私の物. But not your GF or your kid. You don't really
own them.
As for 者, it's just so out of the question in the first place. This kanji isn't used like that. It's mostly used in kanji compounds such as 忍者(ninja)、作者(author)、責任者(person in charge), etc. When 者 is used by itself to mean a person, it usually carries a derogatory connotation. You will hear this in period dramas.
I don't want to get too technical, but there are situations in the present-day Japan where 者 is used. That is the business world. When there are personnel changes in a company or the city hall, they put up a piece of paper on the wall in the hallway explaining who goes where. On that paper, you will see the person's name followed by "右の者 will be a so-and-so manager." or "右の者 will be sent to Osaka." The reason for using 右 is that this is written vertically. The name will be to the right of the content of the personnel change.
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こと and 事 are a little bit different in that 事 is often written in kanji by the best writers as well as regular old winos like myself. But I would not recommend the over-use of 事 in kanji
at all.