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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
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Like their male counterparts, women scientists are above average in terms of intelligence and creativity, but unlike men of science their female counterparts have had to work against the grain of occupational stereotyping to enter a "man's world."
Is THEIR ambiguous in above sentence? First their refers to women whereas second one refers to men.... Can we use same pronoun to refer to multiple nouns in a sentence?
Please clarify
Is THEIR ambiguous in above sentence? First their refers to women whereas second one refers to men.... Can we use same pronoun to refer to multiple nouns in a sentence?
Please clarify
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In my opinion you better avoid such a construction. "
- In my opinion you better avoid such a construction.
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In my opinion you better avoid such a construction.
I would prefer this:
Women scientists, like their male counterparts, are above average in terms of intelligence and creativity, but they, however, unlike men of science, have had to work against the grain of occupational stereotyping to enter a "man's world."
I would prefer this:
Women scientists, like their male counterparts, are above average in terms of intelligence and creativity, but they, however, unlike men of science, have had to work against the grain of occupational stereotyping to enter a "man's world."
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