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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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My child came home with the following correction on his worksheet:
"My family is at the beach."
He had to replace "my family" with a pronoun. He wrote "We."
His teacher corrected it to "They."
Which is correct?
"My family is at the beach."
He had to replace "my family" with a pronoun. He wrote "We."
His teacher corrected it to "They."
Which is correct?
Top answer
1) My family and I are at the beach. We are at the beach. 2) My family is at the beach.
- 1) My family and I are at the beach.
- We are at the beach.
- 2) My family is at the beach.
- ) They are at the beach.
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1) My family and I are at the beach.
We are at the beach.
2) My family is at the beach. (This implies something like: I stayed at home because I needed to finish my homework.)
They are at the beach.
We are at the beach.
2) My family is at the beach. (This implies something like: I stayed at home because I needed to finish my homework.)
They are at the beach.
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I rarely disagree with A-Stars, but I thin it's normal to consider oneself part of one's family. Describing a photo that includes the speaker, for instance, I think it's fine to say "my family is at the beach" or "we are at the beach."
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khoffI rarely disagree with A-Stars, but I thin it's normal to consider oneself part of one's family. Describing a photo that includes the speaker, for instance, I think it's fine to say "my family is at the beach" or "we are at the beach."That's true, but I was justifying the teacher's thinking behind their action.
If I were the teacher, I would have a
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I agree -- it was an ambiguous question, and the teacher was only prepared for one answer.
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khoffI agree -- it was an ambiguous question, and the teacher was only prepared for one answer.So often the case!
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