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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Shouting

"To leave your house some morning
And without any warning
You're stopping people shouting that love is grand..." (From They Say It's Wonderful lyrics.)

Who is shouting? Is it "you" or "people"?
  

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Anonymous Who is shouting? Is it "you" or "people"? We often need common sense to understand an utterance, even as native speakers.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Who is shouting?
  • Is it "you" or "people"?
  • We often need common sense to understand an utterance, even as native speakers.
  • ", Anonymous?
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AnonymousWho is shouting? Is it "you" or "people"?
We often need common sense to understand an utterance, even as native speakers. Who do you think was shouting 'Love is grand!", Anonymous?
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Mister Micawber AnonymousWho is shouting? Is it "you" or "people"?We often need common sense to understand an utterance, even as native speakers. Who do you think was shouting 'Love is grand!", Anonymous?
"You" - common-sensibly;

"people" grammatically.

Am I right? rv
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Anonymous"You" - common-sensibly;
Right.
Anonymous"people" grammatically.
Wrong. It has no clear grammatical referent. That's why we need common sense.
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