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Is this sentence correct:
"And finally came the day when the three men were going to pay a contribution to Mankind for which they would always be grateful."
Note: By 'they', I mean the Mankind. Or should say 'it' in reference to Mankind?
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'they' is going to be ambiguous between 'the three men' and 'mankind'. 'pay a contribution' doesn't really work either. 'make' is a better choice there.
- 'they' is going to be ambiguous between 'the three men' and 'mankind'.
- 'pay a contribution' doesn't really work either.
- 'make' is a better choice there.
- Here's one solution, though you can probably find a better one after thinking about it a little more: And finally came the day when the three men were going to make a contribution to mankind, which would always be grateful for it.
- Here 'it' refers to the contribution.
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'they' is going to be ambiguous between 'the three men' and 'mankind'.
'pay a contribution' doesn't really work either. 'make' is a better choice there.
Here's one solution, though you can probably find a better one after thinking about it a little more:
And finally came the day when the three men were going to make a contribution to mankind, which would always be gratefu
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