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Rommel Posted 9 years ago
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Would it be acceptable to use ‘their children’ twice in the sentence? Is 'themselves' correctly used in the same statement?
Would it be acceptable to use ‘their children’ twice in the sentence? Is 'themselves' correctly used in the same statement?
Parents play a huge role in helping their children fight bullying, most especially if their children are victims of bullying themselves.
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I think you have no choice but to repeat "their children" because "they" would be ambiguous. "themselves" is correct.
- I think you have no choice but to repeat "their children" because "they" would be ambiguous.
- "themselves" is correct.
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I think you have no choice but to repeat "their children" because "they" would be ambiguous.
"themselves" is correct.
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