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by neachloe » Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:36 am
The Smiths avoid the Browns because they dislike their children.

The Smiths and or The Browns is correct - no need for an apostrophe as it is a straight plural refers to family therefore they is correct as well.

I would say the sentence is correct; is it?

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:49 am
There is no need to use an apostrophe with the surnames when they refer to families. The only problem with this sentence is the fact that the pronouns "they" and "their" can be considered ambiguous.
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