the daughter was drunk na

Y

Na English drunk o

The Op is drunk.

Adewale1603:
Her daughter is the object. Her daughter was the one who was drunk.

The subject( mother) could also out of drunkenness beat the object( daughter) up.

English na your mate?

The daughter was drunk which was the reason she was beaten by her mother

The daughter was high

Asawoboy:

Is that not also applicable in other languages, such as Yoruba:

Iya lu ọmọ rẹ̀ nitori wipe o mu ọti yo.

socialmediaman:
It's grammatically correct but doesn't give full context. "She" could be referring to the mother or the daughter.

The correct way to express it is something like:

"A mother beats up her daughter because she (the mother) was drunk".

"A mother beats up her daughter because she (the daughter) was drunk".

"A mother beats up her daughter because she, the daughter, was drunk".

"A mother beats up her daughter because she, the mother, was drunk".

Update:

Even better ways to provide clarity:

“A mother beats up her daughter, who was drunk”.

“A mother, who was drunk, beats up her daughter”.

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The mother beats up her daughter because the daughter was drunk.
The mother beats up her daughter because the mother was drunk.
Without additional context or clarification, it's impossible to determine which interpretation is correct.

It's actually talking about the daughter who is the object of the discussion.

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A mother!!
Beats up!!
Her daughter!!
Because she was drunk!!
The daughter was beaten for drinking.

kings59:
A mother is the subject, her daughter is the object, because = is the emphasis, she was drunk was the reason for the action.

Her daughter was drunk.

He threw the fruit away because it was bad.

It can go both ways .

He hit the car because he was drunk .who is drunk the car or the driver ? Reason am

She damaged her phone because she's drunk . Na the phone drank ?

kings59:
A mother is the subject, her daughter is the object, because = is the emphasis, she was drunk was the reason for the action.

Her daughter was drunk.

He threw the fruit away because it was bad.

The action drunk could be drawn to either of the two - the subject or object.

The subject ( mother) could also out of drunkenness beat the subject ( daughter) up

kings59:
A mother is the subject, her daughter is the object, because = is the emphasis, she was drunk was the reason for the action.

Her daughter was drunk.

He threw the fruit away because it was bad.

True, if the mother was the one that was drunk, the word used will not be because, it will be after or when she was drunk.

LAGATA:
I would say they both were drunk

You don come scatter the whole grammar

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This is one of the incorrect use of pronouns. A sentence must be clear and free from ambiguity. Pls, find attached the screenshot from the book "English Grammar for the Utterly Confused".
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You must rewrite the sentence: ... because she (the daughter) was drunk.



You can rewrite it in other ways to avoid ambiguity.

kings59:
A mother is the subject, her daughter is the object, because = is the emphasis, she was drunk was the reason for the action.

Her daughter was drunk.

He threw the fruit away because it was bad.

Clear and concise. Good job!

It could go either way because the pronoun "she" could refer to anyone of them since they are both she's.

The mother

kings59:
A mother is the subject, her daughter is the object, because = is the emphasis, she was drunk was the reason for the action.

Her daughter was drunk.

He threw the fruit away because it was bad.

shikenan

kings59:
A mother is the subject, her daughter is the object, because = is the emphasis, she was drunk was the reason for the action.

Her daughter was drunk.

He threw the fruit away because it was bad.

U said it was bad indicating fruit not d human, this one is easy

selleniza:


True, if the mother was the one that was drunk, the word used will not be because, it will be after or when she was drunk.

You're the only person that has said something sensible
The reason for the action

socialmediaman:
It's grammatically correct but doesn't give full context. "She" could be referring to the mother or the daughter.

The correct way to express it is something like:

"A mother beats up her daughter because she (the mother) was drunk".

"A mother beats up her daughter because she (the daughter) was drunk".

"A mother beats up her daughter because she, the daughter, was drunk".

"A mother beats up her daughter because she, the mother, was drunk".

The statement doesn't break with a comma sign, so the drunk person is actually the daughter.

Biglittlelois:
No straight answer to this

The mother MAY be drunk and beat the daughter cos she's intoxicated, or due to anger, alcohol bring out the worst in humans

The daughter MAY be underage so can't drink alcohol

The daughter MAY be drunk which made the mother beat her.

they can as well both be drunk

Asawoboy:

.... She was drunk....

What answer do you want again?

You can also rewrite it as this:

A drunken mother beat her daughter.

OR

A mother beat her drunken daughter.

A good writer must avoid ambiguity while writing.

Context will help you to know which one of them is drunk.

Biglittlelois:
No straight answer to this

The mother MAY be drunk and beat the daughter cos she's intoxicated, or due to anger, alcohol bring out the worst in humans

The daughter MAY be underage so can't drink alcohol

The daughter MAY be drunk which made the mother beat her.

There's a straight answer. Kings59 already answered it correctly @ first to comment.

kings59:
A mother is the subject, her daughter is the object, because = is the emphasis, she was drunk was the reason for the action.

Her daughter was drunk.

He threw the fruit away because it was bad.

it is actually an ambiguous expression which could be interpreted either way. It is not the same as your example which has a pronoun 'it' representing the object (fruit)

In the case of the OP's sentence, we have a 'she' that could be referring to either the subject (mother) or the object (daughter).