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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"they're not"?

Does "they're not" mean "all the passed ones of (your family)"?

Context:
Brown picked through branches, scanning one tomb plate after another, and retraced her steps across the cemetery. The tomb had vanished. "It's a hurting thing to think your family is in one spot and they're not," she said.

More:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/09/29/tombs-isaac-louisiana-floods/1601091/
  

Top answer

"They" refers to her ancestors whose graves she expected to find in that cemetery.

  • "They" refers to her ancestors whose graves she expected to find in that cemetery.
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"They" refers to her ancestors whose graves she expected to find in that cemetery.

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