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onlineKate
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 Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:13 am Post subject: take a toll |
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hi teachers,
i've a question here.in 2 seperated articals i read:
1..exhaustion and heat stroke were taking their toll
2.fatigue took its toll
could any of you please explain what does "its&their here refers to?and what makes them different?"
thanks in advance^__^
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Yinglish
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:49 am Post subject: Re: take a toll |
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| onlineKate wrote: |
hi teachers,
i've a question here.in 2 seperated articals i read:
1..exhaustion and heat stroke were taking their toll
2.fatigue took its toll
could any of you please explain what does "its&their here refers to?and what makes them different?"
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"take its toll" is an idiom. See definition.
1. Kate and Susan Wong were doing their homework. (Two people, plural possessive determiner)
2. The dog ate its food. (One dog, singular possessive determiner) |
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onlineKate
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: |
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oh, really!I hven't thought it was just that simple.
i didn't thought of "take its toll being an idiom too. thats helpful indeed ,your website
thaaaaaaaaaanks soooooooooo much
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