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0 Jack wrote: 02br
00According to Mishima, it is possible for Balinese parents to have a son and a daughter, 02br
00both of which have the same first name. (Is 'have' wrong here? Isn't 'have' referring to 'a son' and 'a daughter' ? If it is supposed to be 'has' why? What is the subject for 'has' ?) 02br
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00RH: Nope, 'have' is correct. It refers t

0 Shouldn't it be "both of 01b00whom02b00 have the same first name, since the son and daughter are people rather than things? 02br
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00Is it actually common for Balinese parents to give sons and daughters the same first name? Dosn't it get confusing? 0-

0 1. According to Mishima, it is possible for Balinese parents to have a son and a daughter ,both of 01b00which have the same first name.02b00 (According to my book, there's something wrong with the bolded part. Since, 'have' is correct here, is 'name' supposed to be 'names' ? It is 'names', is it because there are two people ?) 02br
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0 I think khoff provided you the answer. The only thing I can see that may be considered wrong is "whom" instead of "which", although I always thought that which is acceptable when referring to people, but whom is preferred. 0-

0 Dear ***, 02br
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00I agree with you in the sentence correction. 02br
00"... a son and a daughter, both of whom have the same first name". 02br
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00However, and as far as I know, "which" cannot be used to refer to persons. 02br
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00There might be a problem, however, when the parents have to call out for one child,

0 'which' is used in limited situations with a person as the referent. This is used when the reference is not personal, rather it is directed to their grouping/state/job. 02br
00{CGEL} 02br
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00The original is precisely that situation. There's no specific reference to any individual, only to categories [son/daughter] which happen to describe people. 02br

0 Dear Katsudon, 02br
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00I am interested in your opinion. You are Japanese, no? 02br
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00What is {CGEL}? 02br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Goldmund 0-

0 Dear Goldmund, 02br
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00No, I'm not Japanese. CGEL stands for "The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language". 02br
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00Regards, 02br
00K 0-

0 Dear Katsudon, 02br
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00Thank you. I have learned something new. Then I must say:- 02br
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00«There were two shop assitants in the shop, both of which said "good morning".» 02br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Goldmund 0-

0 I don't think that's what K. meant. In the first case we are talking about 01b00a02b00 son and 01b00a02b00 daughter -- generic use. In the 'two shop assistants' case we are talking about those specific people, both of 01b00whom02b00 said "Good morning". K. will clarify further if necessary. 0-