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Stenka25 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

A tricky pronoun

The sentence below comes from a website as follows : http://www.scribd.com/doc/52456066/4/Health-and-Wellness

In the sentence, I’m not sure about what the two ‘their’s stand for. It seems to me the former seems to refer to “children” while the latter seems to represent “parents.”

I’m pretty sure about the latter, but I’m not so sure about the previous.
Can you tell me what it is and the reason?

From giving children extra time to develop into kindergarteners to accommodating their vegetarian appetites, parents today are taking their cues from children, rather than the other way around.
  

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Stenka25 In the sentence, I’m not sure about what the two ‘their’s stand for. ” You are correct. Can you tell me what it is and the reason?

— Shawn79

  • Stenka25 In the sentence, I’m not sure about what the two ‘their’s stand for.
  • ” You are correct.
  • Can you tell me what it is and the reason?
  • Context tells you that it's the parents who accommodate the children, therefore the vegetarian appetites are those of the children, not the parents.
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Stenka25In the sentence, I’m not sure about what the two ‘their’s stand for. It seems to me the former seems to refer to “children” while the latter seems to represent “parents.”
You are correct.
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It's pretty clear from the context that the first their refers to 'children' and the second to 'parents'.

Rover
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Thanks a lot, Shawn79.
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Thanks a lot, Rover_KE.
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