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Englishnewbie Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
A school's ability can ?
Hello,
Can you use "its" to refer to "school" like this? Of does it refer to "ability" only?
A school's ability can determine its success.
I ask this because the noun is "ability" not school. and so I am wondering if "its" has to refer to the noun of it can refer to "its."
Thank you.
Can you use "its" to refer to "school" like this? Of does it refer to "ability" only?
A school's ability can determine its success.
I ask this because the noun is "ability" not school. and so I am wondering if "its" has to refer to the noun of it can refer to "its."
Thank you.
Top answer
Hi, Your sentence is fine, and easy for a native speaker to understand. Clive
- Hi, Your sentence is fine, and easy for a native speaker to understand.
- Clive
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Hi,
Your sentence is fine, and easy for a native speaker to understand.
Clive
Your sentence is fine, and easy for a native speaker to understand.
Clive
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Hi thanks for the reply. Even if it is understandable, Is it technically/grammatically correct?
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Hi,
A school's ability can determine its success.
You could certainly argue that 'its' refers in terms of grammar to 'ability', but the resulting meaning makes no sense.
A native speaker would be unwilling to simply call the sentence 'wr
A school's ability can determine its success.
You could certainly argue that 'its' refers in terms of grammar to 'ability', but the resulting meaning makes no sense.
A native speaker would be unwilling to simply call the sentence 'wr
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