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pronoms

reprise des pronoms, N, GN indéfinis par they / them / their

 

 

 

Because someone is dead

doesn't mean they're gone.

 

Gothika poster        added 18.9.2004
http://www.moviespotlight.de/reviews/review.asp?movieid=466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gary Varvel

The Indianapolis Star-News

Indiana

Cagle

14.4.2006
http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/varvel.asp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian        p. 19        4.6.2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 : Remarquer le pluriel distributif (their lives), fréquent en anglais.

 

2 : Reprise de child en its (// baby -> its).

 

 

 

1 -    "But who wants to face a $98 billion debt for the rest of their lives?

        I was scared."

          Source à préciser, 2003.

 

 

 

2 -    It is an exciting, exacting and constantly changing environment

which will often challenge even the most able.

It does, however, have its rewards:

the satisfactory conclusion to a successful investigation,

the lost child reunited with its parents,

or assisting the elderly person who has locked themselves out of their home.

    'We need a committed, dedicated staff to embrace these challenges', I, Police, p. III, 16.9.2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11th Body, Believed to Be of Missing Woman, Is Found

 

December 13, 2011
The New York Times
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and NOAH ROSENBERG

 

They had planned to gather on Tuesday,

on the barren shore along Ocean Parkway on Long Island,

to remember the victims of a suspected serial killer,

the remains found scattered among the area’s shrouded thickets over the past year.

Instead, they paid special respects to the woman

whose disappearance unfurled this grim string of mysteries in the first place.

Hours before relatives of some of the victims were to hold their vigil,

law enforcement officials said they had discovered

what they believed to be the “skeletal remains” of Shannan Gilbert,

a New Jersey prostitute last seen in May 2010.

 [ ... ]

Over the past year, Ms. Gilbert seemed to find solace in the notion

that her daughter’s disappearance had shined a light on other victims.

Everyone has their destiny,” she said last spring. “Maybe this was hers.”

    11th Body, Believed to Be of Missing Woman, Is Found, NYT, 13.12.2011,
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/nyregion/body-possibly-shannan-gilberts-is-found-on-long-island.html

 

 

 

 

 

For sale is a fully operational Nikon FM body with body cap and strap.

The screen and mirror are very clean

and there are no dents or damage anywhere.

There is some minor brassing to the black enamel

on the back of the camera - visible in the photographs,

and the remains of a personal address sticker on the baseplate.

I am selling this camera and associated Nikon equipment for a friend,

to whom I will direct any detailed questions about the camera's past history.

All I (Ivor Matanle) can tell you is that this is a thoroughly nice looking body

with a bit of dust around and that works well.

And when a Nikon FM works well, they deliver superb results.

    Nikon FM 35mm SLR Film Camera body with cap - fully operational inc meter, excellent overall, e-Bay, 26 August 2011,
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nikon-FM-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-body-cap-/170685147090?pt=UK_Film_Cameras&hash=item27bda0a7d2

 

 

 

 

 

One in 10 suicides linked to chronic illness, study finds

Thinktank says much greater attention
should be paid to providing better support for at-risk patients

 

Tuesday 23 August 2011
The Guardian
Randeep Ramesh, social affairs editor

 

At least one person takes their life every day

while suffering from a chronic or terminal illness,

and the government is neglecting this hidden trend,

the thinktank Demos has said.

    One in 10 suicides linked to chronic illness, study finds, G, 23.8.2011,
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/aug/23/suicide-chronic-illness-study

 

 

 

 

 

The latest internet craze of moblogging

could be exploited by online paedophiles

to "groom" young children, a safety group has warned.

Moblogging is similar to "blogging", the term used for

when children or adults upload photographs

via their computer into their own personal on-line diary.

In moblogging, the user sends the picture

or text message to their internet journal with their mobile phone.

    Paedophiles could exploit net craze, PA, 8.2.2005.

 

 

 

 

 

'Everyone thinks they're different'

 

Last week 13-year-old Matthew Girvin died

in hospital in Exmouth from a suspected heroin overdose,

making him one of the drug's youngest victims.

Here, Tony, a 23-year-old former heroin addict

who began taking drugs at 11,

tells how his life fell apart as he was gripped by addiction.

He successfully gave up drugs three years ago

after intensive treatment and counselling

and now runs his own building company in Kent.

    Headline and sub, O, 19.9.2004,
    http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,8150,1308080,00.html

 

 

 

 

 

No one was holding their breath

when the Netherlands took over the EU presidency this week,

but its modest approach might - just - pay off, writes Ian Black

    Going Dutch, sub, G, 2.7.2004,
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1252858,00.html

 

 

 

 

 

One in four employees is planning to quit their jobs,

a survey revealed today.

    One in four staff 'plans to resign', G, 5.1.2004,
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1116315,00.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

The Guardian        17.5.2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

« Every pilot thinks they’re the best pilot in the world. … »

    Sex, scotch and speed, GE2, p. 16, 21.9.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

For a great many people, blue is their favorite colour.

    The expert gardener, TGW, 9.8.2003.

 

 

 

 

 

His public image suggests someone a little too serious for their own good.

He admits he has a tendency to overanalyse.

   Don’t hurry, be happy, GE2, p. 14, 19.9.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

Nobody minds

[ Nobody équivaut à une négation, Nobody minds = They do not mind ]

about that, do they?

   BBC radio 4, Today, 24-5-2002.

 

 

 

 

 

When I pick up Grace from the nursery

I’m always very anxious about getting there on time.

I do not want to be the last one to pick up their child.

   ‘The roads are worse and rail chaos is normal’, T,  p. 7, 14-3-2002.

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone knows what we think of them.

But what do they think of us?

    GE, front cover, 31.08.2001.

 

 

 

 

 

A person jumps to their death

as flames engulf the World Trade Centre.

    GE, G2, photo caption, p. 3, 12.09.2001.

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone has their share of bad luck, don’t they?

   GE, G2,  headline, p. IV, 15.3.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs (…), a teacher at (…)’s school, and her husband, an IT consultant,

fear she has been abducted.

Mr (…) said : « I hope to God if that person is listening or watching,

they will find it within themselves to look at us and give her back. »

   Police carry out fingertip search (...), ES, p. 5, 28.3.2002.

 

 

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