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Stenka25 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
The pronoun problem
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In the sentence, I am not sure what the underlined “them” represents. It seems to stand for “an organization.” But can “an organization(the singular)” can be represented by the plural pronoun “them”?
http://www.google.co.kr/search?q=%22take+over+responsibility%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1#newwindow=1&hl=en&tbm=bks&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22an+organization%22%2B%22them%22&oq=%22an+organization%22%2B%22them%22&gs_l=serp.3...644048.656278.3.656598.7.6.1.0.0.0.326.830.4j1j0j1.6.0...0.0...1c.1.11.psy-ab.Z-4VzGGgV3M&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45645796,d.dGI&fp=c0b2641d27bb0c7c&biw=1013&bih=576
The ability to review provides the individual with the ability to understand precisely what information an organization has accumulated about them and to evaluate the accuracy of that information.
? Another passage from web-surfing with same question
Can “an organization(the singular)” can be represented by the plural pronoun “them”?
http://k.daum.net/qna/view.html?qid=53ZrS
One of the things needed for managing diversity and multiculturalism in an organization is understanding the nature and meaning of them.
Thanks.
In the sentence, I am not sure what the underlined “them” represents. It seems to stand for “an organization.” But can “an organization(the singular)” can be represented by the plural pronoun “them”?
http://www.google.co.kr/search?q=%22take+over+responsibility%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1#newwindow=1&hl=en&tbm=bks&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22an+organization%22%2B%22them%22&oq=%22an+organization%22%2B%22them%22&gs_l=serp.3...644048.656278.3.656598.7.6.1.0.0.0.326.830.4j1j0j1.6.0...0.0...1c.1.11.psy-ab.Z-4VzGGgV3M&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45645796,d.dGI&fp=c0b2641d27bb0c7c&biw=1013&bih=576
The ability to review provides the individual with the ability to understand precisely what information an organization has accumulated about them and to evaluate the accuracy of that information.
? Another passage from web-surfing with same question
Can “an organization(the singular)” can be represented by the plural pronoun “them”?
http://k.daum.net/qna/view.html?qid=53ZrS
One of the things needed for managing diversity and multiculturalism in an organization is understanding the nature and meaning of them.
Thanks.
Top answer
The first them refers to the individual and is used to replace him/her which is gender neutral but awkward. The second them refers to diversity and multiculturalism , not organization .
- The first them refers to the individual and is used to replace him/her which is gender neutral but awkward.
- The second them refers to diversity and multiculturalism , not organization .
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The first them refers to the individual and is used to replace him/her which is gender neutral but awkward.
The second them refers to diversity and multiculturalism, not organization.
The second them refers to diversity and multiculturalism, not organization.
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