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What's the meaning of 'their' here
The question:
How do we interpret their in this sentence:
With regard to content clauses, generative-transformational grammars have not much surpassed studies of traditional grammars, particularly in ...
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What's the meaning of 'their' here
The sentence, taken in isolation, does not seem designed for easy comprehension, and the reference of "their" is pretty ambiguous, but it seems to be either to generative-transformational ...
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relative pronouns and their order in instruction manuals
As a native speaker who knows nothing at all about the topic of the sentence, I would understand that:
'Which' refers to the kubelet (the noun immediately before it).
A lifetime of hearing and ...
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relative pronouns and their order in instruction manuals
As commented, the relative pronoun which has antecedent kubelet. The antecedent is usually the nearest previous noun but may be the entire previous clause in some cases. We interpret these from ...
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I don't know what the pronoun "it" refers to in this sentence
If I read the sentence in isolation (on its own), I certainly would say that 'it' refers to 'parent' rather than 'context'. This is because 'context' is the setting or environment. Telling someone to &...
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Determiners & pronouns in "One of the students is intelligent. Some of them were British."
OP's Query:
Why are "one of" and "some of" considered determiners and not pronouns in these sentences?
One of the students is intelligent.
Some of them were British.
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In ...
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Determiners & pronouns in "One of the students is intelligent. Some of them were British."
They are neither pronouns nor determiners. "One of the students" and "some of them" are noun phrases.
"One" can be a pronoun or determiner. For example, in the sentence &...
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What is the differences between using "was" or "is" or even others like "will be" in these conversations?
that refers back to the act expressed in the first sentence, "John cheated on his girlfriend". The reference is on a semantic level, not to a particular part of speech in the way that a ...
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Neither of the girls brought "her" homework or neither of the girls brought "their" homework?
Some sources are strict that in formal spoken or written English, the correct sentence would be Neither of the girls brought her homework..
In formal styles, we use neither of with a singular verb ...
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What about using bare “self” as a reflexive pronoun?
That's not what "self" means. The dictionary gives:
(countable noun) a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others
So "She is very pleased with self" is ...
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What about using bare “self” as a reflexive pronoun?
We would perceive it as definitely wrong.
The better approach is to understand that in English there are a range of pronouns with different forms and functions, and you do have to learn them. So for ...
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