OG 2nd Ed. SC #21

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OG 2nd Ed. SC #21

by tofubeans » Wed May 09, 2012 11:17 am
21) While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity -- in many cases representing a life's savings -- can plunge or even disappear.

a) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose

b) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their

c) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their

d) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their

e) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose

Solution: A

How can I tell that "they" is referring to "property values" and not "investors"?
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Wed May 09, 2012 11:24 am
When we have multiple clauses and a pronoun that could refer to multiple nouns, we must look at the role they (the noun and pronoun) play in each clause.

In this case, "they" is used as the subject in the second clause. We then look at the first clause to find the subject: "depressed property values."
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