Pronoun pains

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metal56
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Pronoun pains

Post by metal56 » Fri May 18, 2007 11:42 pm

She took a biscuit from the tin and munched it noisily.
She took a biscuit from the tin and closed it noisily.


Could you post a few examples of similar sentence pairs? My students love 'em.

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Post by Stephen Jones » Sat May 19, 2007 9:42 am

He took the letter to the post box in the corner and stuck it right in.
He took the tart to the bed in the corner and stuck it right in.

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Post by fluffyhamster » Mon May 21, 2007 4:23 am

In metal's sentences, only one word is different, but in yours (SJ), I count two. :o

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Post by metal56 » Mon May 21, 2007 6:08 am

fluffyhamster wrote:In metal's sentences, only one word is different, but in yours (SJ), I count two. :o
:wink:

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Post by fluffyhamster » Mon May 21, 2007 7:50 am

These are for SJ:

He stuck a d*ldo in the d*nkey and revved it mercilessly.
He stuck a d*ldo in the d*nkey and sh*fted it mercilessly.

The -ahem- interior processes at work seem to be the same as in your pair of handcuffs I mean sentences, metal.

:lol:

Was this an influence, m? Me, I'll save it and browse later.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/publications/george.aspx

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Post by metal56 » Mon May 21, 2007 9:16 am

as in your pair of handcuffs I mean sentences
What's a "pair of handcuffs I mean" sentence? What does it look like?

The influence was a staffroom chat on difficult use of pronouns, but thanks for the link. Now, on with the "game"...

BTW, would you use your above example in class?

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Post by fluffyhamster » Wed May 23, 2007 9:56 am

Hmm, would I use my example? Perhaps I'd need to, if tamer ones weren't available or forthcoming. Is it just the "biscuit tin" that's doing the linguistic rounds, then?

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Post by metal56 » Thu May 24, 2007 6:34 am

Is it just the "biscuit tin" that's doing the linguistic rounds, then?
One would hope not.

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