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Taka Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Loving

1: Children can even enjoy the stories read by someone they love .
2: Children can even enjoy the stories read by their loving ones .

Is #2 the same as #1? Does "their loving ones" mean "people who love the children" or "people the children love"?
  

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Hello Taka 1: Children can even enjoy the stories read by someone they love . 2: Children can even enjoy the stories read by their loving ones . In #2, the ones who read love the children.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Taka 1: Children can even enjoy the stories read by someone they love .
  • 2: Children can even enjoy the stories read by their loving ones .
  • In #2, the ones who read love the children.
  • In #1, the ones who read are loved by the children.
  • However, if you change 'loving ones' to 'loved ones', the two sentences are ~ synonymous.
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Hello Taka

1: Children can even enjoy the stories read by someone they love .
2: Children can even enjoy the stories read by their loving ones .

In #2, the ones who read love the children. In #1, the ones who read are loved by the children.

However, if you change 'loving ones' to 'loved ones', the two sentences are ~ synonymous.

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Thanks.

By the way, the entire text is this:
Books are obviously low-tech compared to TV. But they give much more control to children. They can read their favorite books whenever they want, and they can open any page as they like. Furthermore, they can even enjoy the stories read by someone they love.


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No, not strange. Now the 'even' makes sense.
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