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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Themselves
Hi.
"Is it the case that "young, inexperienced, talented, ambitious, charming people have been placed in position of great power" and this "ambition and lack of experience, perhaps, allowed themselves in the excitement of the chase" to think breaking the law "it doesn't matter" and that they "just want the story"." [From The Guardian.]
Does the pronoun "themselves" stand for "ambition and lack of experience" in the cited sentence?
Thank you.
"Is it the case that "young, inexperienced, talented, ambitious, charming people have been placed in position of great power" and this "ambition and lack of experience, perhaps, allowed themselves in the excitement of the chase" to think breaking the law "it doesn't matter" and that they "just want the story"." [From The Guardian.]
Does the pronoun "themselves" stand for "ambition and lack of experience" in the cited sentence?
Thank you.
Top answer
It refers to the people. I consider the reflexive pronoun to be inappropriate, and 'them' would have been correct here.
- It refers to the people.
- I consider the reflexive pronoun to be inappropriate, and 'them' would have been correct here.
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It refers to the people.
I consider the reflexive pronoun to be inappropriate, and 'them' would have been correct here.
I consider the reflexive pronoun to be inappropriate, and 'them' would have been correct here.
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Rover_KE It refers to the people.I consider the reflexive pronoun to be inappropriate, and 'them' would have been correct here.Thank you, Rover, for your useful reply. I've thought the same but I'm a non-native hence my uncertainty of that.
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