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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
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Should I use "two" or "two of them"?

That night, Gerard freed Odila, and the (two of them/two) escaped back to Solanthus, where they presented themselves before the Knights’ Council.
  

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Hi, "Two of them" refers to two of a group including more than two people. g. Twenty prisoners escaped from the central jail last week, two of them (those twenty prisoners) have been caught by the police, while the others are still at large.

  • Hi, "Two of them" refers to two of a group including more than two people.
  • g.
  • Twenty prisoners escaped from the central jail last week, two of them (those twenty prisoners) have been caught by the police, while the others are still at large.
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Hi,

"Two of them" refers to two of a group including more than two people.

For e.g. Twenty prisoners escaped from the central jail last week, two of them (those twenty prisoners) have been caught by the police, while the others are still at large.

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