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