Scientists did the same experiment with other crows, and they all did the same, too.
Scientists did the same experiment with other crows, and they all did the same, too.
Here in some school, some teacher insists that the speech part of the same is an adverb, but the book I have says the speech part of the same here is a pronoun like I would do the same again.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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Hans51 What do you native English speakers think? It's a pronoun. " At least I think that's what is meant.
- Hans51 What do you native English speakers think?
- It's a pronoun.
- " At least I think that's what is meant.
- The sentence does not say what it means.
- The antecedent of "they" is uncertain, and the repetition of "the same" in two different meanings is infelicitous.
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Hans51What do you native English speakers think?
It's a pronoun. Try it with "it": "Scientists did the same experiment with other crows, and they all did it, too." At least I think that's what is meant. The sentence does not say what it means. The antecedent of "they" is uncertain, and the repetition of "the same" in two different meanings is infelicitous.
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