Sunday, January 8, 2012

What would be the correct pronoun in these sentences?

Lemuel and I researched ______ family tree.





Mr. Copas and Sean never tire of talking about ______ record catch of trout.|||Lemuel and I researched our family tree.





Mr. Copas and Sean never tire of talking about their record catch of trout.|||Our|||You should be able to do your own homework yourself.|||In #1, if you both have the same family tree, it would be "our". If not it could be his, or my.





#2 should be "their" if they caught the fish together, which it sounds like they did, or "his" if only Sean was in on the catch.|||our


their





You shouldn't ask questions like this..Its too direct. You should be able to resolve it by yourself. However, reading more books will help.


Cheers.|||our





their|||1 our


2 their


when there is an "and" between the two subjects ,it's plural

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