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Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Wear shirts of that kind/wore them
Are these sentences correct:
1-A lot of people used to wear those shirts in the eighties. I had a few myself.
2-A lot of people used to wear those shirts in the eighties. I had them myself.
3-A lot of people used to wear those shirts in the eighties. I wore them myself.
I understand that 3 doesn't mean the same as "1" or "2". It is one thing to have a shirt and it is another thing to wear it. But at the end of the day one tends to wear the shirts one has.
In any case, I wanted to see if these sentences worked. I am aware of the difference in the meanings.
I just wanted to see if "them" worked in sentences "2" and "3". It is not referring to all of the shirts in questions, but to a very limited number of them.
It seems to me that "3" works fine but "2" does not.
Gratefully
Navi
1-A lot of people used to wear those shirts in the eighties. I had a few myself.
2-A lot of people used to wear those shirts in the eighties. I had them myself.
3-A lot of people used to wear those shirts in the eighties. I wore them myself.
I understand that 3 doesn't mean the same as "1" or "2". It is one thing to have a shirt and it is another thing to wear it. But at the end of the day one tends to wear the shirts one has.
In any case, I wanted to see if these sentences worked. I am aware of the difference in the meanings.
I just wanted to see if "them" worked in sentences "2" and "3". It is not referring to all of the shirts in questions, but to a very limited number of them.
It seems to me that "3" works fine but "2" does not.
Gratefully
Navi
Top answer
I understand that 3 doesn't mean the same as "1" or "2". It is one thing to have a shirt and it is another thing to wear it. -- Not at all.
- I understand that 3 doesn't mean the same as "1" or "2".
- It is one thing to have a shirt and it is another thing to wear it.
- -- Not at all.
- Common sense tells the reader that having is wearing.
- -- 'Them' is possible in #2 as an utterance, but the natural is 'some' .
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I understand that 3 doesn't mean the same as "1" or "2". It is one thing to have a shirt and it is another thing to wear it. -- Not at all. Common sense tells the reader that having is wearing.
It seems to me that "3" works fine but "2" does not.-- 'Them' is possible in #2 as an utterance, but the natural is 'some'.
It seems to me that "3" works fine but "2" does not.-- 'Them' is possible in #2 as an utterance, but the natural is 'some'.
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