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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
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In each hand

Is this sentence correct:

1) She had a flower in each hand, which she was going to give to her mother and her aunt. (one to the mother and one to the aunt)

How else could one say it?

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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navitasan Is this sentence correct:1) She had a flower in each hand, which she was going to give to her mother and her aunt. Gratefully,Navi. What was she going to give?

— Anonymous

  • navitasan Is this sentence correct:1) She had a flower in each hand, which she was going to give to her mother and her aunt.
  • Gratefully,Navi.
  • What was she going to give?
  • A flower or a hand?
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navitasanIs this sentence correct:1) She had a flower in each hand, which she was going to give to her mother and her aunt. (one to the mother and one to the aunt)How else could one say it?Gratefully,Navi.
What was she going to give? A flower or a hand?
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Thank you very much Anonymous,

It was the flower obviously. Would you say that the sentence is ambiguous?

Gratefully,
Navi.
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navitasanIs this sentence correct:1) She had a flower in each hand, which she was going to give to her mother and her aunt. (one to the mother and one to the aunt)How else could one say it?Gratefully,Navi.
I'd say it like that:

With two flowers in her hands, she was going to give one flower to the mother and another to her aunt.
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Most people will understand that she means to give the flowers, not her hands, to her mother and aunt. But to make it less ambiguous, you could say:

She had a flower in each hand; she would give one to her mother and the other to her aunt.
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