Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot From: chabot@amber.DEC (Lisa Chabot) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: re pronoun references Message-ID: <1565@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 15:21:56 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.1565 Posted: Fri Jun 15 15:21:56 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 03:15:10 EDT Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 20 bunker!gmm asks: > Are the following pronoun references correct? > > "The team won its first game tonight. Afterwards, they > went out to cellebrate." Wellll, sure: they <-> the team & the game, which makes the following sense(?): "The team won its first game tonight. Afterwards, the team and the game went out to cerebrate." Never try to teach your grammer to suck eggs, Lisa S. Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, MR03-1/K20, 2 Iron Way, Marlborough, MA 01752 shadow: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-avalon!chabot