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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Omission of reciprocal pronouns
1. John and Mary admire each other.
2. John and Mary can't stand each other.
3. The men are similar to each other.
It is said In #1,2 and 3 the reciprocal pronouns can't be omitted.
3. The couple resemble each other.
It is said the reciprocal pronouns in #3 can be omitted which I don't understand.
Q1) What do you think?
4. The brother look very similar.
Q2) Can I say The brother are very similar?
2. John and Mary can't stand each other.
3. The men are similar to each other.
It is said In #1,2 and 3 the reciprocal pronouns can't be omitted.
3. The couple resemble each other.
It is said the reciprocal pronouns in #3 can be omitted which I don't understand.
Q1) What do you think?
4. The brother look very similar.
Q2) Can I say The brother are very similar?
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Q1) It doesn't make sense to me, either. " Q2) This is another sentence that is incomplete if the reciprocal pronouns are omitted. What are the brothers similar to?
- Q1) It doesn't make sense to me, either.
- " Q2) This is another sentence that is incomplete if the reciprocal pronouns are omitted.
- What are the brothers similar to?
- " Remember, "brother" is singular so you can't use "are" after that word with its having an "s" after it.
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Q1) It doesn't make sense to me, either. How can you say "The couple resemble."
Q2) This is another sentence that is incomplete if the reciprocal pronouns are omitted. What are the brothers similar to? You can say "The brothers are very similar in that they both have the same mannerisms (or ?)." Or you can say "The brothers look very similar to each other."
Remember, "brother" is
Q2) This is another sentence that is incomplete if the reciprocal pronouns are omitted. What are the brothers similar to? You can say "The brothers are very similar in that they both have the same mannerisms (or ?)." Or you can say "The brothers look very similar to each other."
Remember, "brother" is
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