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Old January 14, 2014, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by poli View Post
It is believed in my family that ghosts exists may also mean that others think that there are ghosts in your family.
I disagree.
The prepositional phrase 'in my family' definitely ties to 'it is believed'. It is the family who believes it. What does 'it' refer to? The relative clause 'that ghosts exist'. It is the family who believes that ghosts exist. No one else was mentioned. No one else can be inferred.
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