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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
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Some of our employees' children

1) Some of our employees' children go to that gym..

Does '1' correspond to:
a) Some of the children of our employees go to that gym.
or to:
b) The children of some of our employees go to that gym.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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navitasanSome of our employees' children go to that gym.
It's ambiguous.
1. Some of [[our employees]' children] go to that gym.
2. [[Some of our employees]' children] go to that gym.

CJ

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