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Taka Posted 14 years ago
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If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her child, it will affect him or her in the worst way.
is it possible to replace him or her with them as this?
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her child, it will affect them in the worst way.
is it possible to replace him or her with them as this?
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her child, it will affect them in the worst way.
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- - Only in very formal English. - - Only in very informal English. Recasting is the better part of valour: If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical about/over her children , it will affect them in the worst way.
- - - Only in very formal English.
- - - Only in very informal English.
- Recasting is the better part of valour: If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical about/over her children , it will affect them in the worst way.
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If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical about/over her child, it will affect him or her in the worst way.-- Only in very formal English.
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical about/over her child, it will affect them in the worst way.-- Only in very informal English.
Recasting is the better part of valour:
If a mother alw
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical about/over her child, it will affect them in the worst way.-- Only in very informal English.
Recasting is the better part of valour:
If a mother alw
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"Them" is not unusual in casual speech. It is not accepted in formal writing. "Him or her" is absurd, and if we are going to kiss the Feminist foot, it should be "her or him", shouldn't it? Luckily, the write-around is simple this time: "If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her children, it will affect them in the worst way."
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Hi,
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her child, it will affect him or her in the worst way.
is it possible to replace him or her with them as this?
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her child, it will affect them in the worst way.
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her child, it will affect him or her in the worst way.
is it possible to replace him or her with them as this?
If a mother always gets irritated and hysterical on her child, it will affect them in the worst way.
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Thank you, everyone!
It seems that the plural is better.
Clive I'd sayIf a mother always gets irritated and hysterical with her child, it will affect the child in the worst way. CliveYes, but if it goes on to say something about the child, repetition of 'the child' will be a bit awkward, won't it?
It seems that the plural is better.
Clive 'With' is natural.
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One more thing, everyone.
Even if the plural 'children' is better, it doesn't have to be the plural 'mothers'?
Even if the plural 'children' is better, it doesn't have to be the plural 'mothers'?
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Taka,
Others already commented on your sentence. I just want to make one point. "Always", which is a commonly loosely used word, is not quite the correct adverb in this context to my ear, at least not at the semantic level. It is not wrong but I would replace it with " habitually" to make the tone a little more neutral. Just my thoughts....
Others already commented on your sentence. I just want to make one point. "Always", which is a commonly loosely used word, is not quite the correct adverb in this context to my ear, at least not at the semantic level. It is not wrong but I would replace it with " habitually" to make the tone a little more neutral. Just my thoughts....
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TakaOne more thing, everyone.Even if the plural 'children' is better, it doesn't have to be the plural 'mothers'?You made up the mother, so you can give her as many children as you like.
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I think no because them is a plural object pronoun and should refer to a plural antecedent and as the Child is a singular noun, we can not replace it with them.
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MM says 'over/about' Which is actually better?-- 'With' is more common...even though it didn't spring to mind!
Even if the plural 'children' is better, it doesn't have to be the plural 'mothers'?-- Either will work, but I chose to leave 'mother' singular so that we did not run into ambiguity with 'them'.
Even if the plural 'children' is better, it doesn't have to be the plural 'mothers'?-- Either will work, but I chose to leave 'mother' singular so that we did not run into ambiguity with 'them'.
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