Thu 17 Aug, 2006 04:20 am - Two more examples :
(1) Bill likes Fred. He has a great sense of humour.
(2) Bill likes Fred. He likes humorous guys.
It seems that the 2 "He"s are referring to different persons... (view)
Wed 16 Aug, 2006 01:05 pm - Thanks.
I found the following from Wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antecedent_%28grammar%29
"....... A common stylistic problem in writing, often leading to ambiguity, is the... (view)
Wed 16 Aug, 2006 03:06 am - Hi friends,
In the sentence "[b]Peter kisses Tom. He feels happy.[/b]" Is there any ruling that the pronoun "He" is referring to Peter or Tom? Or is the expression just... (view)
Thu 3 Jun, 2004 10:20 pm - Hi OristarA,
I'm a Chinese. I think the Chinese-style examples so quoted are not common in Hong Kong.
HK Style: It was so late that there were no taxis.
HK Style: Your coat is... (view)
Mon 31 May, 2004 07:47 am - Thx Eos.
What about the following ?
(A) "The nutrition [b]label[/b] of product A and product B [b]are[/b] different."
(B) "The nutrition label of product A and the... (view)
Sun 30 May, 2004 09:56 am - [quote="MML"][quote="Joe Nation"]Yes, you can.[/quote]
Hi Joe,
Thank you very much.
I'm still confused. Do you mean that both of the following sentences are... (view)
Sun 30 May, 2004 09:52 am - [quote="Joe Nation"]Yes, you can.[/quote]
Hi Joe,
Thank you very much.
I'm still confused. Do you mean that both of the following sentences are correct? Or they have... (view)
