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Using parentheses with possessive pronoun

English Language & Usage Asked by Goodies on July 31, 2021

The following statements makes sense

It is impossible to doubt that you exist.

It is impossible to doubt that your mind exists.

However, if I were to add parentheses to the first statement which contain the information in the second, it becomes unclear as to which form of exist I should use.

It is impossible to doubt that you (or your mind) exist/exists.

Similarly and more confusingly:

You (or he) jump/jumps.

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