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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Ask them to answer them.
Once students finish reading, the teacher distributes the comprehension questions on the reading passage and ask them to answer them.
There are two 'them' at the last part of the sentence. You could quickly get to know what they refer to. (1st them='students', 2nd them= 'the comprehension questions'.)
What I want to know is it OK to put two 'them'?
Are there other ways to make the same meaning?
There are two 'them' at the last part of the sentence. You could quickly get to know what they refer to. (1st them='students', 2nd them= 'the comprehension questions'.)
What I want to know is it OK to put two 'them'?
Are there other ways to make the same meaning?
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It's OK in short, clear utterances, but should really be avoided stylistically. Once they finish reading, the teacher distributes the comprehension questions on the reading passage and ask the students to answer them. Once students finish reading, the teacher asks them to answer the reading passage comprehension questions that he is going to distribute .
- It's OK in short, clear utterances, but should really be avoided stylistically.
- Once they finish reading, the teacher distributes the comprehension questions on the reading passage and ask the students to answer them.
- Once students finish reading, the teacher asks them to answer the reading passage comprehension questions that he is going to distribute .
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It's OK in short, clear utterances, but should really be avoided stylistically.
Once they finish reading, the teacher distributes the comprehension questions on the reading passage and ask the students to answer them.
Once students finish reading, the teacher asks them to answer the reading passage comprehension questions that he is going to distribute.
Once they finish reading, the teacher distributes the comprehension questions on the reading passage and ask the students to answer them.
Once students finish reading, the teacher asks them to answer the reading passage comprehension questions that he is going to distribute.
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Wow.. what a coincidence!
Your answer must be something to do with you last answer in my old question " When he~, John saw~ (Backward pronominalization)", mustn't it?
I don't know this stylistical form at all.
In light of your first example
Your answer must be something to do with you last answer in my old question " When he~, John saw~ (Backward pronominalization)", mustn't it?
I don't know this stylistical form at all.
In light of your first example
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In light of your first example 'Once they finish ~~ ask the students~~.), I think hearers would not know who 'they' are until 'the students' comes, am I correct? -- I think they will in context.
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