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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

check the following please

Hi,

Please check the following please.

1 He/they will listen to their complaints while she making some immediate payments.

2. ... in the hopes of them buy the food items and go home happy.

Thank you.
  

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1 He/they will listen to their complaints while she is making some immediate payments. 2. in the hope of them buying the food items and going home happy.

  • 1 He/they will listen to their complaints while she is making some immediate payments.
  • 2.
  • in the hope of them buying the food items and going home happy.
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1 He/they will listen to their complaints while she is making some immediate payments.

2. ... in the hope of them buying the food items and going home happy.
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1. What does this mean, semantically? Are there three parties here? The people making the complaints, the people listening to the complains, and the person making the payment? What do "her" paymetns have to do with "their" complaints? Marius has made this grammatical, but it still doesn't make sense.

2. Technically, this should be "their" buying, but you will hear it both ways (their and

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