Could you help me to find out the mistake in below question sentence?

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trueheart_205

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Could you help me to find out the mistake in below question sentence?
'The social games of children help to prepair themselves for their adult roles'
Perhaps, it is wrong at themselves.
I would like to know your opinion!
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"prepair" should be corrected to "prepare" and I wonder what "adult roles'"'s '(apostrophe) means. It seems unnecessary.

'The social games of children help to prepair themselves for their adult roles'
Perhaps, it is wrong at themselves.
 

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"prepair" should be corrected to "prepare" and I wonder what "adult roles'"'s '(apostrophe) means. It seems unnecessary.

'The social games of children help to prepair themselves for their adult roles'
Perhaps, it is wrong at themselves.


So...that means "The social games of children help to prepare themselves for their adult roles." is fine.
And I agree.:-D
 

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"prepair" should be corrected to "prepare" and I wonder what "adult roles'"'s '(apostrophe) means. It seems unnecessary.

Psst, keannu, it's not an apostrophe, but the closing single quotation mark :up:


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Games cannot prepare themselves for anything.

Please give your own answer first. It's not right to sit back and let others provide the answer for you.
 

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Suggestion for a better title:

The social games of children.

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