Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Older friend
1-She was thinking about her older friend.
Can this sentence be used in all of these contexts:
a-She was thinking about her friend, who was older than her.
b-She was thinking about one of her friends who was older than her.
c-She was thinking about that friend of hers who was older than her.
d-She had two friends and she was thinking about the older one.
e-She was thinking about her friend, who was older than someone else.
She was talking to the thirty-year-old engineer and thinking about her older friend. (The friend was older than the engineer.)
Gratefully,
Navi.
Can this sentence be used in all of these contexts:
a-She was thinking about her friend, who was older than her.
b-She was thinking about one of her friends who was older than her.
c-She was thinking about that friend of hers who was older than her.
d-She had two friends and she was thinking about the older one.
e-She was thinking about her friend, who was older than someone else.
She was talking to the thirty-year-old engineer and thinking about her older friend. (The friend was older than the engineer.)
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
These are the only reasonable assumptions, to my mind: a-She was thinking about her friend, who was older than her. d-She had two friends and she was thinking about the older one.
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These are the only reasonable assumptions, to my mind:
a-She was thinking about her friend, who was older than her.
d-She had two friends and she was thinking about the older one.
a-She was thinking about her friend, who was older than her.
d-She had two friends and she was thinking about the older one.
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