donstan18:

A big thanks to your contribution.
Just learnt those embolden words now.

donstan18:
A mother beats up her daughter because she was drunk.


Please all English gurus, who is drunk?

Answer with a profound prove and explanation.





cc; lalasticlala,
Mynd44

donstan18:
A mother beats up her daughter because she was drunk.


Please all English gurus, who is drunk?

Answer with a profound prove and explanation.

The mother happens to be the subject in the sentence. So "she", in this case without specifying if either mother or daughter, will have to represent the subject of the sentence, the Mother.

donstan18:
A mother beats up her daughter because she was drunk.


Please all English gurus, who is drunk?

Answer with a profound prove and explanation.




It's the mother who is drunk! The "because" in the sentence gave us reason to why she beat her daughter.

If it were to be the daughter that's drunk, it would have simply been written "A mother beats up her drunk daughter" #simple

donstan18:
A mother beats up her daughter because she was drunk.


Please all English gurus, who is drunk?

Answer with a profound prove and explanation.

RadicallyBlunt:

If it was d mother, it would be;

A drunken mother beats up her daughter.

donstan18:
A mother beats up her daughter because she was drunk.


Please all English gurus, who is drunk?

Answer with a profound prove and explanation.

RadicallyBlunt:
It depends on the context of usage...the event from the beginning of the article.


But regardless of the preceding event, I'll say its d daughter. If it was d mother it would be:

A drunken mother beats up her daughter.

ogorwyne:
This is an ambiguous statement. Both are females, and the 'she' could be any of the two. Only the writer can tell us who was drunk.

But my common sense is telling me that the drunk fellow is the daughter.

donstan18:
A mother beats up her daughter because she was drunk.


Please all English gurus, who is drunk?

Answer with a profound prove and explanation.

nurey:
It's the daughter

If it was the mother, the write sentence would be

A mother beats up her daughter, because she was drunk.

LionDeLeo:
Lol.

From the statement, it is impossible to say which of the two females is drunk.

To make it explicit, you write it this way,

A mother beats up her daughter because she (mother) was drunk.

Or

A mother beats up her daughter because she (daughter) was drunk.