English Grammar

utilisation du pronom "them"

Edmee Didine

User since 2012
Posts: 1

14 March 2013

Je ne comprends pas l'utilisation de "them" pour remplacer "someone" dans la phrase : To "fill someone in" is to "update" them.

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AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
14 March 2013

With saying "to fill someone in" you don't determine whether that 'someone' is a male or a female person. Therefore you use the pronoun 'them' that fit for both.
With saying "to fill someone in" you don't determine whether that 'someone' is a male or a female person. Therefore you use the pronoun 'them' that fit for both.

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