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cooldude Really wants to Beat The GMAT!
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: two small pronoun confusion |
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we finally chose the cofee table towards the back of the store,which we thought would comlement our living room furniture
we finally chose the cofee table towards the back of the store,because we thought it would comlement our living room furniture
well can eomeone help me out here y statement 1 wrong and 2 correct?if i m not wrong then which is ambigous coz it may apply to store and table both rite?but y not it is ambiguous here?or is my logic faulty?someone plz clarify
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jim may not be elected CEO by the board because he does not meet ITS standard.
here it refers to board rite?but donn we generallt use it to refer to nonhuman things?  |
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abby_g Just gettin' started!
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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we finally chose the cofee table towards the back of the store,which we thought would comlement our living room furniture.
In the above sentence since which is close to store, it reads | Quote: | | the store would complement our living room furniture | . Hence incorrect.
I don't know the credibility of the second since i feel it is confusing at that place since the antecedent is not clear coffee table or store. |
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