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by Ludacrispat26 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:00 pm
Doesn't C change the meaning of the sentence somewhat by adding in "occurrence?"

I don't know about that and couples. Expert?

What's the source of the question?
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by viju9162 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:44 am
That refers to immediate preceeding noun .. and who refers to people... I'm also getting confused with the usage here ...
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by xcusemeplz2009 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:51 am
IMO
in sentence like x of y who/that verb; we can check from the verb to what that or who is reffering

in this case since the verb is were so that has to refer couples .

Pls correct me if i am wrong
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by Shawshank » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:15 am
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by crackgmat007 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:00 pm
xcusemeplz2009 wrote:IMO
in sentence like x of y who/that verb; we can check from the verb to what that or who is reffering

in this case since the verb is were so that has to refer couples .

Pls correct me if i am wrong
that refers to couples here. But can it do so grammatically?
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by [email protected] » Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:05 pm
Exactly..Can "That" be correct...Rest of the sentence seems Ok (Past perfect...two past actions)....

Confused between B and D....

Other 3 are obvious errors...
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by heshamelaziry » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:09 pm
2, 4 , and 5 have clear mistakes. 4 hsa "had", unnecessay. 5 has "study's" unnecessary 's. forgot what was wrong with 2.

Anyways, the question tests the difference usage of "who" vs "that". "who" always used with people on ONLY, "that" with everything else.
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by KapTeacherEli » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:46 pm
"Couples" sound like people, but aren't; they're groups or collections, and therefore correctly take "that," not "who."
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