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DavoodI. Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Its/their


Could you please check this sentence, especially red parts? You can change the sentence in a more concise one if you want. Thanks.

At the end of the day, every group found that focusing on its/their own need would not promise its/their success; win-win situation should be dominant.
  

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Hi Davoodl, and welcome to English Forums. Do you consider each group acting as a unit? " Do you consider each group acting as a collective group of individuals?

  • Hi Davoodl, and welcome to English Forums.
  • Do you consider each group acting as a unit?
  • " Do you consider each group acting as a collective group of individuals?
  • " However, "At the end of the day," is a bit trite, unless you literally mean that they spent one day doing this.
  • Eventually, the groups all discovered that if they focused only on their own needs, success was not guaranteed, but when they working for win-win solutions, every group prospered.
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Hi Davoodl, and welcome to English Forums.

Do you consider each group acting as a unit? If so, use "it." Do you consider each group acting as a collective group of individuals? If so, use "their."

However, "At the end of the day," is a bit trite, unless you literally mean that they spent one day doing this.

Eventually, the groups all discovered that if they focused onl
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Ultimately, each group found that focusing on its particular needs did not ensure success. Therefore, choosing a win-win situation should be the dominant approach.
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Thanks, friends.
I exactly mean that at the end of the day something happened and the second day was started in a different way.
I like both sentences, and I see the difference between a native english person and non-native
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HI Davoodl,

I'd suggest saying "At the conclusion of the first day," because "at the end of the day" is an over-used expression that means "eventually," and readers may not at first realize that you meant it literally.

Don't be discouraged. A lot of native speakers have trouble constructing good sentences too! Yours will read more and more fluently the more you write.

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