Oceanlike
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- Nov 15, 2014
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- Chinese
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- Singapore
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- Singapore
1) The famished children ate all the burnt cakes even though they were burnt.
2) The famished children ate all the burnt cakes even though the cakes were burnt.
Can I use 'they' to replace 'burnt cakes' instead of (2) where 'the cakes' are repeated?
(1) sounds incorrect, as if the children were burnt. I don't know.
Thank you!
2) The famished children ate all the burnt cakes even though the cakes were burnt.
Can I use 'they' to replace 'burnt cakes' instead of (2) where 'the cakes' are repeated?
(1) sounds incorrect, as if the children were burnt. I don't know.
Thank you!
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