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Upon arriving at her grandparents' house in Malacca, Shella hugged them/her grandparents.

Should I use 'them' or 'her grandparents'?

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its understood who Sheila's hugging...

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Thanks, Roberta.

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Huh? I didn't say anything. In fact, I'm not sure I agree with reg. Only in the most informal of circumstances would I consider "them" to be okay.

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Roberta wrote:

Huh? I didn't say anything. In fact, I'm not sure I agree with reg. Only in the most informal of circumstances would I consider "them" to be okay.

If that's wrong, you can assume other stuff is wrong too.

Region Philbis signs off as Roberta, doesn't he?

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Yoong Liat- Region Philbis wrote the reply. What confused you was that he has a quote from Roberta on the bottom of his message, so you probably thought that she had written it.

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"Upon arriving at her grandparents' house in Malacca, Shella hugged her grandparents."

though technically correct, it sounds awful awkward to me.

how about this --

"Upon arriving at her grandparents' house in Malacca, Shella immediately hugged them."

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

Yoong Liat- Region Philbis wrote the reply. What confused you was that he has a quote from Roberta on the bottom of his message, so you probably thought that she had written it.

Thanks for enlightening me. Do you agree with Roberta or Reg on my question?

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Region Philbis wrote:

"Upon arriving at her grandparents' house in Malacca, Shella hugged her grandparents."

though technically correct, it sounds awful awkward to me.

how about this --

"Upon arriving at her grandparents' house in Malacca, Shella immediately hugged them."

I'd consider changing it to this:

Upon arriving at their house in Malacca, Sheila immediately hugged her grandparents.

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"Them" refers back to "her grandparents", so I think that,

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"Upon arriving at her grandparents' house in Malacca, Shella immediately hugged them."

Writing it the other way is not terribly wrong, but IMO, is awkward.

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Thanks, Phoenix.

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