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Wed 12 Mar, 2014 10:36 am
Context:
Laura Brown, a middle-class housewife, lives with her husband and little son in a house in California.
@oristarA,
Yes. When I think of the term little son or child, I think of someone under the age of 5 (a preschooler).
@tsarstepan,
tsarstepan wrote:
Yes. When I think of the term little son or child, I think of someone under the age of 5 (a preschooler).
And this little son is her only child?
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:
tsarstepan wrote:
Yes. When I think of the term little son or child, I think of someone under the age of 5 (a preschooler).
And this little son is her only child?
One can't make that assumption. I don't know who subject is or the writer who wrote this article. If the author can be trusted, (someone who did her proper research on the piece), the sentence might imply that the boy is her only child.
@oristarA,
It could be that she has children from other marriages/unions, Ori.
Would it make everybody happier if it were written as:
'Laura Brown, a middle-class housewife, lives with her husband and their little son in a house in California.' ?
Joe(It makes me happier and removes all of JTT's doubts)Nation
@Joe Nation,
But you're making an assumption that the child is also the husband's genetic son (as opposed to a son from another male) as well.
@Joe Nation,
Joe: Joe(It makes me happier and removes all of JTT's doubts)Nation
It doesn't have to remove any or all doubts, Joe. It says what it says, which is all it has to say.
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