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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Grammar gone wrong?

Hello,
The following sentence just seems incorrect:

Kids bring me so much joy from just being around them.

Is this saying the kids bring joy from being around them? Incorrect subject-object agreement?
thanks
  

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Anonymous Kids bring me so much joy from just being around them. I see it this way: If you want to use the kids as the subject, then you need to say: " Kids bring me so much joy when I am surrounded by them". ".

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  • Anonymous Kids bring me so much joy from just being around them.
  • I see it this way: If you want to use the kids as the subject, then you need to say: " Kids bring me so much joy when I am surrounded by them".
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AnonymousKids bring me so much joy from just being around them.
I see it this way:
If you want to use the kids as the subject, then you need to say: " Kids bring me so much joy when I am surrounded by them".
But if you are the one feeling the joy as the subject, then you need to say: " I feel so much joy just being around the kids...".
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AnonymousIncorrect subject-object agreement?
No. There is no such thing as subject-object agreement anyway. The problem is something else.

The assumed subject of the non-finite "being" is the same as the subject of the sentence, so the sentence seems to be saying this:

Kids bring me so much joy when kids are around them. (when
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