Plural/singular their/the
1) At 4 months, babies will use their arms to support themselves when lying on their stomachs and will turn on to their sides when lying on their backs.
2) At 4 months, babies will use the arms to support themselves when lying on the stomach and will turn on to the side when lying on the back.
If I use 'babies' the body parts that follow will all have to be plural, but using the plural form for all the body parts sounds odd to me (lying on their backs). So I rephrased it to 2) but i'm not sure if it is correct? Please can I have some help?
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#1 isn't wrong (there's nothing "odd" about it), but I'd say you are right to have changed it to #2. "The" is better in this context.
- #1 isn't wrong (there's nothing "odd" about it), but I'd say you are right to have changed it to #2.
- "The" is better in this context.
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#1 isn't wrong (there's nothing "odd" about it), but I'd say you are right to have changed it to #2. "The" is better in this context.
0Continuing.........If I do use 'the' before a body part, I will have to use 'the' continuously throughout my writing, but I think it sounds off. What do you think?
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They will also be able to follow objects with their eyes and head. From 3 - 6 months, babies will be intrigued by the movements of their own hands and will enjoy playing with them. When an object such as a rattle
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