Question

Boxing champion George Foreman recently described his family vacations with the statement, "At our ranch in Marshall, Texas, there are lots of ponds and I take the kids out and we fish. And then of course, we grill them." That a reader understands "them" appropriately (George grills fish, not his kids!) is the result of a(n) _____ inference.

Answer 1

Answer:

anaphoric inference.

Explanation:

Anaphoric inference -

An inference is used to connect any object , living or non living in the sentence , with the object of any other sentence , is known as anaphoric inference.

Hence, from the question,

The statement by the boxing champion George Foreman , where " them " in the statement is for the fishes not the kids , is clearly understood .

Hence , " them " act as a anaphoric inference .