- Joined
- Oct 14, 2010
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- British English
- Home Country
- Czech Republic
- Current Location
- Czech Republic
I wrote this in another thread:
"[...] When the little girl first told my wife her chosen name, my wife, somewhat surprised, told her that it was a pretty-sounding name, but not possible. It was only when the girl insisted on her choice, and wrote it down, that my wife realised what was going on. My wife and I both spent some time trying to work on this little girl's name, without success. "
I didn't like repeating 'my wife' and 'the girl', but 'she' led to possible ambiguity. Any suggestions on improvement, apart from the rather formal 'the former' and 'the latter'?
"[...] When the little girl first told my wife her chosen name, my wife, somewhat surprised, told her that it was a pretty-sounding name, but not possible. It was only when the girl insisted on her choice, and wrote it down, that my wife realised what was going on. My wife and I both spent some time trying to work on this little girl's name, without success. "
I didn't like repeating 'my wife' and 'the girl', but 'she' led to possible ambiguity. Any suggestions on improvement, apart from the rather formal 'the former' and 'the latter'?