Answer:
This could mean/refer to as to if they don't get in trouble.
Explanation:
As they are on a boat, the captain is "soothing his children" they will "get ashore..." with a tone of little hope as suggested in the second stanza perceived as by someone else such as "the oiler" and "the cook".
I think it would be "them"
Answer: Please post your questions in legible English with proper spelling :)
The correct answer is "her". This is because an antecedent basically means to whom does the pronoun refer and the pronoun has to refer to Miss Kensington. This is why the correct form is her.
The new sentence, Lion cubs are born with spots, but they lose their spots by the third month, is an example of a COMPOUND VERB.
Compound verb are verbs used in a sentence by a single subject.
The subject in the sentence is LION CUBS.
The compound verbs in the sentence are ARE BORN and LOSE.
