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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Is this sentence grammatically correct/natural?
“It’s 4 in the morning and our neighbour just rang the bell and woke my entire family up to ask if they could fetch their ball from our backyard.”
also, is it easily understandable?
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” If you change it to neighbour s , you can keep they and their . It's natural and understandable as corrected, but somewhat puzzling. Who is up at 4 am in this scenario besides your neighbour, you, and your family, all of whom already know the information imparted by the sentence?
- ” If you change it to neighbour s , you can keep they and their .
- It's natural and understandable as corrected, but somewhat puzzling.
- Who is up at 4 am in this scenario besides your neighbour, you, and your family, all of whom already know the information imparted by the sentence?
- Who are you talking to?
- Did you call someone and wake them up to tell them this?
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anonymous“It’s 4 in the morning, and our neighbour just rang the bell and woke my entire family up to ask iftheyhe/she could fetchtheirhis/her ball from our backyard.”
If you change it to neighbours, you
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