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Can you write the following:
"Try to give them a reason to go with your friends instead of them." ?
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" ? To me, the sentence is unclear, but I'm not sure whether it's clear in English. I'm confused because of the second pronoun "them".
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- To me, the sentence is unclear, but I'm not sure whether it's clear in English.
- I'm confused because of the second pronoun "them".
- Are you trying to say the following?
- "Try to give them a reason to go with your friends instead of going with them" In such a case, you must be referring to different people in the second "them", and the listener knows that.
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blue grape 58Can you write the following:
"Try to give them a reason to go with your friends instead of them." ?
To me, the sentence is unclear, but I'm not sure whether it's clear in English. I'm confused because of the second pronoun "them".
Are you trying to say the following?
0blue grape 58"Try to give them a reason to go with your friends instead of them." ?
"Try to give them a reason to go with your friends" sounds like they will be going with your friends, but what I suspect you mean is that you will be going with your friends. Maybe "Try to give them a reason for you to go with your friends instead of with them."
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