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Is this correct? That night at dinner, Daniel asked his dad if he and Aaron could sleep in the tree house.
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Hi, Is this correct? That night at dinner, Daniel asked his dad if he and Aaron could sleep in the tree house. Semantically, the meaning seems reasonably clear, at least in my culture, since kids rather than dads usually sleep in tree houses.
- Hi, Is this correct?
- That night at dinner, Daniel asked his dad if he and Aaron could sleep in the tree house.
- Semantically, the meaning seems reasonably clear, at least in my culture, since kids rather than dads usually sleep in tree houses.
- However, in terms of grammar, the pronoun 'he' refers to the dad.
- You can avoid the ambiguity by rewording, eg That night at dinner with his dad, Daniel asked if he and Aaron could sleep in the tree house.
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Is this correct? That night at dinner, Daniel asked his dad if he and Aaron could sleep in the tree house.
Semantically, the meaning seems reasonably clear, at least in my culture, since kids rather than dads usually sleep in tree houses. However, in terms of grammar, the pronoun 'he' refers to the dad. You can avoid
Is this correct? That night at dinner, Daniel asked his dad if he and Aaron could sleep in the tree house.
Semantically, the meaning seems reasonably clear, at least in my culture, since kids rather than dads usually sleep in tree houses. However, in terms of grammar, the pronoun 'he' refers to the dad. You can avoid
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