Misplaced pronoun
Paying for your children to go to a private school is beyond the means of most people (= too expensive for most people ) .
This sentence is from Longman under the title mean (2 money). Do you think the use of "your" correct considering it refers to the children of "most people"?
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Imladris Do you think the use of "your" correct considering it refers to the children of "most people"? It is not quite logical (the listener must mentally include himself in 'most people'), but it is quite common as a technique for creating immediacy.
- Imladris Do you think the use of "your" correct considering it refers to the children of "most people"?
- It is not quite logical (the listener must mentally include himself in 'most people'), but it is quite common as a technique for creating immediacy.
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Imladris Do you think the use of "your" correct considering it refers to the children of "most people"?
It is not quite logical (the listener must mentally include himself in 'most people'), but it is quite common as a technique for creating immediacy.
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