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passive voice | READING problem in "The Cambrian Explosion"?
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them/any #1 (permalink) Sat Jan 23, 2010 18:58 pm   them/any
 

Which is correct:
1-I like children but I don't want to have any.
2-I like children but I don't want to have them.

Meaning: I like children but I don't want to have any of my own.
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them/any #2 (permalink) Sat Jan 23, 2010 19:34 pm   them/any
 

1 for sure. It means "I like children but I don't want to have any of them."

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them/any #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 24, 2010 14:35 pm   them/any
 

Both are correct.
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