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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

phone

Hello,

1. Neha's ( the name of a girl) phones to his mother.

I have to correct this sentence.

I wrote it

a) Neha's father phones his mother.

But teacher said , 'It is wrong.' The correct version of the above sentence is as shown below (b).

b) Neha's father phones her mother.

I want to know that (a) is really wrong?
  

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If Neha is a girl, then she phones HER mother. " Neha's father phones his mother has the same problem - you would read that as Neha's father phoning his own mother (Neha's grandmother). If you mean that Neha's father phones Neha's mother, then you must fix the pronoun her to refer to Neha as you did in b.

— BarbaraPA

  • If Neha is a girl, then she phones HER mother.
  • " Neha's father phones his mother has the same problem - you would read that as Neha's father phoning his own mother (Neha's grandmother).
  • If you mean that Neha's father phones Neha's mother, then you must fix the pronoun her to refer to Neha as you did in b.
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If Neha is a girl, then she phones HER mother. If all you were supposed to do was correct the sentence, then fix the "his" by making it "her."

Neha's father phones his mother has the same problem - you would read that as Neha's father phoning his own mother (Neha's grandmother). If you mean that Neha's father phones Neha's mother, then you must fix the pronoun her to refer to Neha as you
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Hello Grammar Geek ,

Thanks a lot.
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