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(1) The latest studies indicate that what people really want is a mate that has qualities like their parents.
Is it right of me to think that the sentence above is incorrect, especially the underlined phrase.
Shouldn't it be like
(2) "The latest studies indicate that what people really want is a mate that has qualities like the ones their parents have."
or
because the word "qualities" and the phrase "their parents" do not fall into the same category.
(1) & (2) would mean the same? Thanks
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deborahjeong Is it right of me to think that the sentence above is incorrect? The word "qualities" and the phrase "their parents" do not fall into the same category. Right.
- deborahjeong Is it right of me to think that the sentence above is incorrect?
- The word "qualities" and the phrase "their parents" do not fall into the same category.
- Right.
- However, all it needs is an apostrophe: .
- what people really want is a mate that has qualities like their parents' .
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deborahjeongIs it right of me to think that the sentence above is incorrect? The word "qualities" and the phrase "their parents" do not fall into the same category.
Right. However, all it needs is an apostrophe:
...what people really want is a mate that has qualities like their parents'.
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