Thank you.. What's they referring to in the following case ? Both Jack and Jill were brought up speaking one language by their parents but they wrote their novels in another language.

Thank you all.. But can any one confirm that "they" in second sentence is also referring to "Jack and Jill" ?? Pronoun always refers to nearest antecedent and so in this case it's referring to "parents",correct ? If so, the second sentence is

Both Jack and Jill were brought up speaking one language but wrote their novels in another language. The above sentence is grammatically correct. But the subject for underlined form is Jack and Jill.. And this subject is taking action in part one

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thank you Mister Micawber.. Just another question on parallelism of gerunds.. Why isn't the following sentence considered parallel ? Thank you.. Effective communication, anticipation of customer needs and learning from mistakes are crucial to

explain me a bit. Thank you.. I Sharad.

Hi All, Why is "since past twenty years" wrong in the following sentence ? During past twenty year seems to be correct in the following sentence.. 1> Since past twenty years , thousands of Indians have migrated to United States. Can't we begin

Hi Pieanne , Thanks for clarifying.. Just a quick question in this context, to make sure i haven't got it wrong .. He went to Pittsburgh, a place where there are lots of bridges. Pittsburgh where he went to is a place with lots of bridges..

"for" is also used as conjunction to mean 'because'. .So you can't for in this case.. However, you can say 'he can't run as fast as he used to for he is getting old'. Hope I am giving you correct information..

If we get rid of "to see", which of the following is correct ? We took a trip to Museum that has exhbition special artifacts. Museum to which we took a trip has exhibition of special artifacts. or Museum which we took a trip to has exhibition of