a word in a sentence "The people living there hadn't looked after it,despite them having all the inventions and space ships you could ever need."why is there a"them"in this sentence? I think it should

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a word in a sentence "The people living there hadn't looked after it,despite them having all the inventions and space ships you could ever need."why is there a"them"in this sentence? I think it should be a "their"or nohting

5 мар. 2015 г., 5:06

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"Them" refers to "The people" earlier in the sentence. Them is a second person pronoun to talk about more than one person

5 марта 2015 г.

Them works, but you could have nothing, or have their as well. Them refrences the people who have it. Their shows the possesion of it. I personally think their sounds better.

5 марта 2015 г.

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