Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
only they were TV screens
English answer:
"they" refers to the screens in the first part of the sentence.
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-11-25 21:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
English term
only they were TV screens
Is this sentence correct?
Shouldn't it be rather "... only theirs were TV screen"
I am completely confused...
Nov 22, 2010 13:49: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "But many of today\'s parents spent hours as kids..." to "only they were TV screens"
Nov 22, 2010 16:44: Kay Barbara changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Sheila Wilson, Kay Barbara
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Responses
"they" refers to the screens in the first part of the sentence.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
: how could I not agree?
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Thanks, Shera!
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Arabic & More
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Thanks, Amel!
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Tony M
: Asker's own modified version would be perhaps more pedantically correct style, but the version as it stands would be common usage and not at all wrong / 'the latter' would work fine grammatically, but could be a little stilted for the document register...
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Thanks, Tony - or use "the latter"?/In German we would say ".."nur waren ES Fernsehbildschirme", wouldn't we?
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Alfredo Tutino
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Thanks, Alfredo!
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Sarah Bessioud
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Thanks, Jeux de Mots!
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack!
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Stephanie Ezrol
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Thanks, Stephanie!
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jccantrell
: Gotta go with the first right one: TV screens instead of computer screens.
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Thanks, jccantrell!
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Thayenga
: What else could it be? Have a great week. :)
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Thanks, Thayenga!
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airmailrpl
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Thanks, airmailrpl!
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Egil Presttun
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Thanks,Egil!
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"they" refers to the TV screens
what it means
"But many of today's parents spent hours as kids sitting in front of screens too — only they (those screens) were TV screens."
I am sorry, I wanted to share the 4 points between you and British Diana, but I'm not sure it worked as planned.... anielka |
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Arabic & More
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thanks.
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Tony M
: Asker's own modified version would be perhaps more pedantically correct style, but the version as it stands would be common usage and not at all wrong
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Thanks.
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Alfredo Tutino
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Thanks.
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Stephanie Ezrol
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Thank you.
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airmailrpl
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Thanks!
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they - the screens
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Tony M
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thank you
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Stephanie Ezrol
48 mins
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thank you
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airmailrpl
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thank you
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Discussion
Regarding the 'community grading issue': even if Asker had originally chosen this option, it can be overridden by manual grading later. If a question is closed automatically by the KudoZ robot, that automatically awards a full 4 points.
And I don't understand what "community grading" is if the Asker still allocated points?