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Jimmyyl Posted 19 years ago
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her and herself question
Hi,
The following 2 sentences are quoted from finance.yahoo.com.
"While working at a weekly newspaper in Wisconsin, Angela Kargus became intimately acquainted with a co-worker's personal life. Kargus learned about HER fertility problems, that her dog urinates all over the carpet and that she does indeed have a regular menstrual cycle."
The highlighted word "HER", is it referring to Karus or her co-worker? I assume that it is referring to her co-worker. If I want to refer to Karus, should I use the word "herself"?
Thanks
The following 2 sentences are quoted from finance.yahoo.com.
"While working at a weekly newspaper in Wisconsin, Angela Kargus became intimately acquainted with a co-worker's personal life. Kargus learned about HER fertility problems, that her dog urinates all over the carpet and that she does indeed have a regular menstrual cycle."
The highlighted word "HER", is it referring to Karus or her co-worker? I assume that it is referring to her co-worker. If I want to refer to Karus, should I use the word "herself"?
Thanks
Top answer
Yes, the 'her' refers to the coworker. No, you wouldn't use 'herself' to show it was Karus. In this case logic helps you - these things are not things that you would 'learn' about yourself are they.
- Yes, the 'her' refers to the coworker.
- No, you wouldn't use 'herself' to show it was Karus.
- In this case logic helps you - these things are not things that you would 'learn' about yourself are they.
- It also would have no connection with the previous sentence and be a rather peculiar style.
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Yes, the 'her' refers to the coworker. No, you wouldn't use 'herself' to show it was Karus. In this case logic helps you - these things are not things that you would 'learn' about yourself are they. It also would have no connection with the previous sentence and be a rather peculiar style.
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JimmyylHi,
The following 2 sentences are quoted from finance.yahoo.com.
"While working at a weekly newspaper in Wisconsin, Angela Kargus became intimately acquainted with a co-worker's personal life. Kargus learned about HER fertility problems, that her dog urinates all over the carpet and that she does indeed have a regular menstrual cycle."
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