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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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Values
I believe in the traditional values: hard work, honour, being knighted by a Queen of a country not yours, just because you mentioned Her in your column.
From The Guardian.
Does the pronoun "yours" refer to "values" in the sentence above?
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anonymous Does the pronoun "yours" refer to "values" in the sentence above? No. It's the general "you".
- anonymous Does the pronoun "yours" refer to "values" in the sentence above?
- No.
- It's the general "you".
- He is making a little joke.
- He is an American writing in an English newspaper.
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anonymousDoes the pronoun "yours" refer to "values" in the sentence above?
No. It's the general "you". He is making a little joke. He is an American writing in an English newspaper. He slyly hints to the Queen of England that she might knight him for mentioning her in this very column. She is queen of a country not his (a country that is not his, a country
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