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Originally Posted by mrscoach
A pronoun refers back to the noun that most closely precedes it.
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I never heard of this rule containing "most closely". But let's look at a posts of yours in this light.
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Originally Posted by mrscoach
Neutral corners.
I think we all agree that the letter states that 'the internet' is its users and WE do not want corporations/governments telling us what we can and cannot view.
I may not have seen the letter as being full of self importance, but that doesn't mean that Diap didn't. Is either of us wrong? No, it is a matter of perspective. One feels the elephant's trunk, the other it's ear, it's still the same elephant.
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Here we have
us being most closely preceded by corporations/governments,
it by
Diap (althow I guess that you shouldn't count proper nouns in this case, so that means that
it refers to self importance), the next
it by
trunk, and the next
it by
ear.
Somehow I don't think that this is what you meant, but hey, it's the rule that you go by. Just to clarify, I will continue to use pronouns referring back to the preceding noun that makes actual sense.
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Originally Posted by mrscoach
If I am reading you correctly you are equating any rules for kids to be bad.
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No, I'm not, just as I'm also not equating rules for adults to be bad. My point was that the government makes rules for people, and when you say "that 'the internet' is its users" you are accepting that the government can make rules for the internet.