Chuck,
IC, understood.
Thank you very much. Please forgive me with so poor presentation skill :-(
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Michael
2009/10/16 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> It would have been clear if you had said: "There is a new baby in the
> family. This is my nephew's wife with their new baby, Tracy."
>
> If you say "my family" the meaning is restricted to you and your wife
> and children. If you say "the family" the meaning is a bit ambiguous.
> Since you said "the family" instead of "my family" it's clear that
> family means a larger group of people related to you but it is not clear
> how large. But the ambiguity is resolved immediately by saying
> "nephew's wife".
>
> I hope that helps.
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Michael Wong wrote:
> > As this thread, I made a mistake to use incorrect wording to describe the
> > baby of my family. First, it's my nephew's baby. Originally I wish to
> said
> > "a new baby in my families (include all families of my brother, my
> > brother-in-law, sister-in-law). In Chinese, there are 2 wordings to
> identify
> > own family & all families. I am confusing how to describe them
> separately.
> > Is "relatives" good for description of families other than my own family?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Michel
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