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Kathirkaman Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Posessive determiner
I have the following sentence:
Their figure 3 shows these data plotted against Sr/Y.
I have problem with the determiner "Their" and the proper noun "figure 3" immediately following the determiner. Is the sentence correct as given? I feel only a general noun like "figure" (which is not specific and hence not a proper noun) should follow here. For example, I would want the sentence in the following way:
Their figure figure 3 shows these data plotted against Sr/Y. (or it can be rephrased as "Figure 3 of their study shows these data plotted against Sr/Y")
I'm not able to state the reason why I want this way, but I feel the above is correct. Can anyone give the reason? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Their figure 3 shows these data plotted against Sr/Y.
I have problem with the determiner "Their" and the proper noun "figure 3" immediately following the determiner. Is the sentence correct as given? I feel only a general noun like "figure" (which is not specific and hence not a proper noun) should follow here. For example, I would want the sentence in the following way:
Their figure figure 3 shows these data plotted against Sr/Y. (or it can be rephrased as "Figure 3 of their study shows these data plotted against Sr/Y")
I'm not able to state the reason why I want this way, but I feel the above is correct. Can anyone give the reason? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Top answer
-- There is nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence, and there is nothing semantically wrong with it, either, if the preceding text refers to more than one person as the author of figure 3.
- -- There is nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence, and there is nothing semantically wrong with it, either, if the preceding text refers to more than one person as the author of figure 3.
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Their figure 3 shows these data plotted against Sr/Y.-- There is nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence, and there is nothing semantically wrong with it, either, if the preceding text refers to more than one person as the author of figure 3.
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