• waigl@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Using “they” when you haven’t yet established the group you are referring to in context feels weird and kinda wrong, especially if it’s about a group of inanimate objects. It really looks like the word should have been “there”, but they just mistyped and then didn’t catch the error in the editing process or didn’t bother to correct it.

      That’s what I think is wrong here. I’m not 100% sure that this grammatically wrong, but it sure feels like it. Might depend on what the page before this one said.

      • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldOP
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        7 months ago

        It’s in a book for 5 years old to learn to read. It’s supposed to be simple words in simple sentences. This is not it.