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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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complex pronouns in this context
1. Teachers need to crack down on students bad behaviors. Otherwise they may look down on them.
Q) I wrote a sentence above. I was wondering if the pronouns used are appropriate or give ambigous meanings. If I don't use the pronouns, the result is the below which I think a little strange.
2. Teachers need to crack down on students bad behaviors. Otherwise students may look down on teachers.
Q) I wrote a sentence above. I was wondering if the pronouns used are appropriate or give ambigous meanings. If I don't use the pronouns, the result is the below which I think a little strange.
2. Teachers need to crack down on students bad behaviors. Otherwise students may look down on teachers.
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1. Teachers need to crack down on student s' bad behavior. Otherwise they may look down on them.
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- Teachers need to crack down on student s' bad behavior.
- Otherwise they may look down on them.
- Q) I wrote a sentence above.
- I was wondering if the pronouns used are appropriate or give ambigous meanings.
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1. Teachers need to crack down on students' bad behavior. Otherwise they may look down on them.
Q) I wrote a sentence above. I was wondering if the pronouns used are appropriate or give ambigous meanings. If I don't use the pronouns, the result is the below which I think a little strange.
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Q) I wrote a sentence above. I was wondering if the pronouns used are appropriate or give ambigous meanings. If I don't use the pronouns, the result is the below which I think a little strange.
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moon7296appropriate or give ambiguous meanings.You are right to see that there is ambiguity here. I would solve this problem by using the singular "a teacher" in the generic sense. (Note the apostrophe below as well.)
A teacher needs to crack down on students'
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