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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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00Fun Club members who are fond of gardening will have a special treat on August 10th, with two special workshop sessions in 9.00 and 11.00. Wonderland Park's gardening team will offer (its / their/ them/ you ) special growing tips.02br
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00The model answer says all them are correct, but I don't know why 'its' and 'their' are also correct alternatives.02br
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0Hi Peter,02br
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01font00Fun Club members who are fond of gardening will have a special treat on August 10th, with two special workshop sessions 01font00at02font00 9.00 and 11.00. Wonderland Park's gardening team will offer (its / their/ them/ you ) special growing tips.02font02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Wonderland Park's gardening team will offer (its / their/ them/ you ) special growing tips.12blockquote
10First off, you do not need a pronoun at all for this section. 02br
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00"01i00You02i01sup00102sup00" and "01i00
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0They are all correct but you need to look at the meaning of the sentence in slightly different ways. 02br
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00Wonderland Park's gardening team will offer its special growing tips. The gardening team will share its knowledge on growing plants. 02br
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00Wonderland Park's gardening team will offer their special growing tips. Same meaning as above but c
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10In British English nouns such as 'team' can be treated as either plural or singular.12blockquote
10Nona, I think this is more a question of your ear being accustomed to this type of construction rather than it being good grammar. To me, also a British native, it is unacceptable.01blockq
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0I agree with Nona on all points, but would like to add that 'their' would also sound fine in AmE in this sentence.0-
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0And I agree with Yankee, agreeing with Nona.02br
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00While in the US, we do ususally use the singular for words such as "team" in this case, each of the individual members may have a different area of expertise, and I want to hear from all of 01i00them02i00.02br
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00Bokeh, I don't understand your object to these. Can you try t
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0Hi Bokeh,02br
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00team for plural - you may not like it personally but it is accepted as grammatically correct.02br
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00Yes, the use of 'you' does mean that the recipient is a member. So? There are plenty of contexts where this could be the case. It could be in the club's newsletter. IT could be on an invitation card. I did point out that this pers
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0 Hi Nona,01blockquote
01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10team for plural - you may not like it personally but it is accepted as grammatically correct.12blockquote
10Accepted by whom? Can you provide a citation?02br
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00A Google search returns: "01i00team is02i00" 12.4 million; "01i00
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00As for using the pronoun "11i10you12i10" the problem is it doesn't have concordance with the antecedent "11i10Fun Club members12i10". Can you explain how you believe "11i10Fun Club members12i10" (third person) can take a second person pronoun in the subsequent sentence? 12br
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10The Fun Club is in for a treat. The gardeners will show you their secrets. (It's implied that you are one of the Fun Club members.) 12blockquote
10I'm not convinced. To me, implied or otherwise, it's just bad English.0-
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