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“He(John) was upset with his brother(Jack), so he burnt his toast on purpose.”
Whose toast is it, John or Jack?
Do we have to ‘his own’ to mean it’s John’s toast?
“He(John) was upset with his brother(Jack), so he burnt his toast on purpose.”
Whose toast is it, John or Jack?
Do we have to ‘his own’ to mean it’s John’s toast?
Whose toast is it, John or Jack?
Do we have to ‘his own’ to mean it’s John’s toast?
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@mIo-oIm
It’s Jack’s toast. The text says that there is a motivation for John’s action – he was upset with Jack, SO he burnt the toast.
If the burning of the toast was not motivated by being upset, then there is no reason to say – so…
It also doesn’t make a lot of sense for someone to burn their own toast as a protest against somebody else.
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