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The point is that where the antecedents differ in number, the semantic number of the pronoun may resolve an ambiguity. If "they" can mean either singular or pl
by bdowling 7y ago
The point is that where the antecedents differ in number, the semantic number of the pronoun may resolve an ambiguity.
If "they" can mean either singular or plural, then it doesn't help to resolve the ambiguity at all.