company

0To me, #2 is the only reasonable choice.0-

0 01blockquote

01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10To me, #2 is the only reasonable choice.12br
12blockquote

10Could you tell me what your reason is and why you don't think it can be either depending on its context?0-

0No one is forced to visit a corporation/business.02br
02br
00But if this person answered whatever letter he (or she) received, perhaps the person who sent it would think that a visit from THEM was welcome, and the first person doesn't want to see them - doesn't want their company in the sense of definition #2.0-

1blockquote

01i10to keep myself from their 11font10company10.12font12i12br
10GG has hit the nail on the head--we are not compelled,or impelled, to visit companies.12br
12br
12blockquote

1-

0 01blockquote

01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10No one is forced to visit a corporation/business.12br
10I don't know about your country, but some might be in Japan; some employees might be told by their companies that if they don't show up, they will lose the job, regardless of their psychological health. In fact, it's not unsusual to hear such

0 01blockquote

01cite10Taka12cite10Maybe the letter was the ultimatum from his compamy. The only way left to disconect himself from the company might be for him to leave the letter unanswered, just like blocking junk e-mails.12br
12br
12blockquote

10Taka, no doubt you know Japanese society and can judge the sentence

0That's possible, I suppose. More information on the context would have been helpful.02br
02br
00However, in that case, I would have said "the company" or "my company" and not "their company."0-

0 01blockquote

01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10However, in that case, I would have said "the company" or "my company" and not "their company."12br
12blockquote

10If his/her feeling was remote from the compamy, if he/she lost the sense of belonging already, wouldn't '01i00their 02i00company', not '01i

0Are you inventing this context as an enitely hypothetical situation, or is this really what is going on? If he has distanced himself so much, and thinks of it as "their" company, then would he care that he was no longer going to have a job there?02br
02br
00What IS the context of this original sentence?0-

0 01blockquote

01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10What IS the context of this original sentence?12br
12blockquote

10The problem is, it doesn't have any. It's a single sentence, listed in my book.02br
02br
00I'm just wondering if it's safe to say it means #2 no matter what or it's reasonable to say, as CB says, t