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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
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It was she?
It was they who had placed him in the hands of a nurse and she who let him drop from a cabinet, fracturing a bone in his foot they would never mend.
'she' hinges on 'it was', and not 'nurse'. Who is she? if 'she' is the 'nurse', IMO the reference is confusing.
Is this sentence, notwithstanding, correct?
'she' hinges on 'it was', and not 'nurse'. Who is she? if 'she' is the 'nurse', IMO the reference is confusing.
Is this sentence, notwithstanding, correct?
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She is the nurse unless another female is mentioned immediately before this sentence. My concern is, who is the second they , to mend a bone? The sentence otherwise seems fine, though I might have used had let .
- She is the nurse unless another female is mentioned immediately before this sentence.
- My concern is, who is the second they , to mend a bone?
- The sentence otherwise seems fine, though I might have used had let .
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She is the nurse unless another female is mentioned immediately before this sentence. My concern is, who is the second they, to mend a bone? The sentence otherwise seems fine, though I might have used had let.
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Hi
the first 'they' is Talleyrand's parents
The second 'they' may be a proform for the parents and the nurse together.
the first 'they' is Talleyrand's parents
The second 'they' may be a proform for the parents and the nurse together.
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Inchoateknowledge the first 'they' is Talleyrand's parentsI think you're right, or the hospital in which he was placed in.
The second 'they' may be a proform for the parents and the nurse together.
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