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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

theirs

0 01i00Kansas women of that day learned at an early stage to depend upon themselves-01del00to do whatever work there was to be done, and to face danger when it must be faced, as calmly as they were able. And there was the compensation of contact with the great new West02del00-a new world---01font00theirs02font00 to develop from wild prairie to comfrotable homes.02br
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02i00What does 'theirs' refer to? Their what?02br
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00My book says it's 'their compensation', but I wonder if it's really so.02br
00(In my opinion, it might be 'their new world')0-
  

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0 Like you, I think 'theirs' refers to the new West (new world). 0-

— Conchita57

  • 0 Like you, I think 'theirs' refers to the new West (new world).
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0 Like you, I think 'theirs' refers to the new West (new world). '(It's) theirs to develop' means that they can use it to good purpose -- in this case, turn the land into comfortable homes.0-
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0 OK.02br
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00Thank you both!0-
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0Hi Taka,02br
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00As a minor comment, you seem to be working with a lot of material 01i00---02i00 in written form 01i00--- 02i00that includes these parenthetical dashes. To put things in perspective, some people 01i00---02i00 including me 01i00---02i00 never or rarely use them.
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi Taka,12br
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10As a minor comment, you seem to be working with a lot of material 11i10---12i10 in written form 11i10--- 12i10that includes these parenthetical dashes. To put things in perspective, some people 11i10---12i10
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0Hi Taka,02br
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00I'm not quite sure if you understand the point I was trying to make. 02br
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00I never use them, so I'm not sure what one calls them or how one types them. Nevertheless, my point is that they can be overused and can become irritating and confusing. I for one prefer to use language, in other words to use words and grammar, to make cl
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01cite10Clive12cite10I'm not quite sure if you understand the point I was trying to make. 12br
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10I never use them, so I'm not sure what one calls them or how one types them. Nevertheless, my point is that they can be overused and can become irritating and confusing. I for one prefer to use language, in other wor
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0Hi Taka,02br
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01font00You are not saying that the use of dashes itself is wrong; personally, you don't really like my 'original' dashes. Did I get you right?00 Yes, completely.02br
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00If you meant that most of the dashes, my original or not, were irritating, sorry but it's not my fault. Most of the sentences posted as
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0 OK. Thank you, Clive.02br
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00(Strange that you haven't said anything about it for more than 2 years since I started visiting here).0-
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0Hi,02br
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00You're welcome.02br
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00One can't say everything about everything.02br
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00In addition, your queries are usuually very focused on a particular and precise point.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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