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Grammar Help?

Diz

Diz

Overdosing on placebos
I'm writing an essay in my English class about the similarities between Joseph Palmer and Whitman, Emerson and Thoreau.

In the essay, I have the following sentence:
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Joseph Palmer are similar because neither would allow another to control their beliefs or actions.
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I was wondering if anyone here could help me re-word this in a way that the word 'their' isn't as ambiguous. I'm referring to Emerson and Palmer, but it sounds that I could be referring to 'another.'

Thanks in advance!
 
Diz said:
I was wondering if anyone here could help me re-word this in a way that the word 'their' isn't as ambiguous. I'm referring to Emerson and Palmer, but it sounds that I could be referring to 'another.'
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What do you have against Greg Lake?

"Ralph Waldo Emerson and Joseph Palmer are similar because neither would let their beliefs or actions be influenced by others." Does that work?
 
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