Our children go to the same school as theirs. Our children go to the same school as this. Are both the sentences correct ? Does the function of same....as change in the two sentences ?
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Our children go to the same school as theirs . -- They have children. Their children go to the school that our children go to.
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Our children go to the same school as theirs .
-- They have children.
Their children go to the school that our children go to.
Our children go to the same school as this.
-- Don't say this.
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Our children go to the same school as theirs. -- They have children. Their children go to the school that our children go to.
Our children go to the same school as this. -- Don't say this. Our children go to this school. "The same school as this" is meaningless and would simply mean "this school."