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Shcho23 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

What does "them" refer to?

In court we have seen many expert witnesses who have an impressive list of degrees and the highest IQs who use a simple vocabulary and adopt obviously simplistic ways to express their ideas. They echo the way they know the average juror speaks and thinks and purposely attempt to relate to them at that level. And the jurors know it.

What does them refer to?
Can them refer to the averge juror (the singular form)?

Thank you so much in advance.
  

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shcho23 What does them refer to? the members of the jury It is a faulty (though understandable) reference, however. shcho23 Can them refer to the aver a ge juror (the singular form)?

— CalifJim

  • shcho23 What does them refer to?
  • the members of the jury It is a faulty (though understandable) reference, however.
  • shcho23 Can them refer to the aver a ge juror (the singular form)?
  • I doubt that was intended.
  • CJ
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shcho23What does them refer to?
the members of the jury

It is a faulty (though understandable) reference, however.
shcho23Can them refer to the average juror (the singular form)?
I doubt that was intended.

CJ
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Thank you so much, CJ.

This seems like a similar question.

By increasing each person's understanding of the other's cultural context (language, norms, rules, etc.), in other words increasing their access to context, we increase the richness of communication interaction and enable mutual success.

Can their refer to "each person's"?

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shcho23Can their refer to "each person's"?
It can, and it does.
shcho23Or does it refer to "the other's"?
No.

CJ
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