Question

みさ

英語の質問です‼️
このTheyは前文のtheir imaginationsを指していると習ったのですが何故ですか？
the inventorsのような気がするんですが、、

The earliest aircraft were ridiculous. One inventor tied an
umbrella and wings to a chair. Another made a duck-like machine.
People made fun of them.
However, the inventors used their
imaginations in quite unexpected ways. They led to the invention of
the modern airplane. You need a mind full of ideas in order to create
something new. This is the first thing I have learned.

Answer 1

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マサ

Theyは基本的に、直前の複数名詞を指すからだと思います。
unexpected waysはimaginationsの補足説明の役割なので、theyにはなりません。
でも正直、このtheyはthe inventorsでも全然いけますね笑