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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

What each HER stands for?

What each HER stands for?

Sally’s diary provided her mother with a detailed chronicle of her daughter’s extracurricular activities.

In the sentence above I'd like to ask what each HER refers to.
First HER seems to mean Sally.
I'm quite sure about it.
(Am I right?)

Last HER seems to mean (HER) MOTHER.
(Am I right?)

The latter one is much more tricky than the first.

Regards.
  

Top answer

I'm quite sure about it. You are right. You are right.

  • I'm quite sure about it.
  • You are right.
  • You are right.
  • There are two tests for an antecedent.
  • 1.
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Stenka25First HER seems to mean Sally.I'm quite sure about it.
You are right. There is only one noun (a named female) that comes earlier
Stenka25Last HER seems to mean (HER) MOTHER.(Am I right?)
.You are right. There are two tests for an antecedent.
1. It is the closest noun that precedes the pronoun and matches it in g
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To AlpheccaStars

You must to be a teacher not on this website but on your off-line, real life. And your students would be happy to have you as their teacher.
(But that doesn't matter.)
Thanks a lot as always for your reply and thanks a trillion for your exercise.

Here's my answer.
HER refers to Sally. My answer doesn't fit you frist principle of agreement, the closest
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Stenka25Sally has no reason to record the activities of her mother in her diary.
Excellent. "Fitting the context" is like working out a puzzle.
If there is no clear antecedent, then the sentence is poorly written.
Is this sentence well written?

Amy told her sister that her new friend was really nice.
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Amy told her sister that her new friend was really nice.
I cannot say this sentence is well written.
No one can decide who this HER of 'her new friend' is, because HER can be both Amy and Amy's sister and both makes sense.

Thanks a lot for your another exercise concerning 'a clear antecedent', AlpheccaStars

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