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Navitasan Posted 12 years ago
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Some of the people here

1-Some of the people here will remind each of us of members of our family.
2-Some people here will remind each of us of members of our family.

Do these mean that a specific set of people will remind each of us of members of our family?
Each of us will be reminded of different people, but the people who will remind us of them will be the same.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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navitasan Do these mean that a specific set of people will remind each of us of members of our family? Yes—the ones here. navitasan Each of us will be reminded of different people, but the people who will remind us of them will be the same.

  • navitasan Do these mean that a specific set of people will remind each of us of members of our family?
  • Yes—the ones here.
  • navitasan Each of us will be reminded of different people, but the people who will remind us of them will be the same.
  • You must use a bit of common sense in considering this.
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navitasanDo these mean that a specific set of people will remind each of us of members of our family?
Yes—the ones here.
navitasanEach of us will be reminded of different people, but the people who will remind us of them will be the same.
You must use a bit of common sense in considering this.
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Thank you very much Mr. Micawber for all your kind replies.

I think the sentence does not really mean quite what it seems to mean! I think it says a definite subset of the people here will remind each and everyone of us of some people, but in real life we won't necessary have a neat and definite subset of people. Jack might remind me of someone, but not remind you of anyone. That is my co
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navitasanI think it says a definite subset of the people here
No; an indefinite subset, but the whole group is the set from which the various subsets will emerge.
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Thank you very much Mr. Micawber,

Would changing 'each of us' to 'every one of us' change anything?

1a-Some of the people here will remind every one of us of members of our family.
2a-Some people here will remind every one of us of members of our family.

Gratefully,
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navitasanWould changing 'each of us' to 'every one of us' change anything?
No.

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