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gmatjeet
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While bear markets certainly hurt institutional investors, they are potentially devastating for individual investors, whose nest eggs - in many cases representing the sole source of retirement funds - can plummet or even vanish entirely.
a. they are potentially devastating for individual investors, whose
b. they can potentially devastate individual investors in that their
c. for individual investors they are potentially devastating, because their
d. for individual investors, it is potentially devastating in that their
e. it can potentially devastate individual investors, whose
OA: A
Query: In A, "They" is used. As per the explanation, "They" clearly refers to Bear Markets.
- But just before "They", there are two plural nouns. How to ensure that in such cases, we can clearly identify whether or not pronoun is creating ambiguity.
a. they are potentially devastating for individual investors, whose
b. they can potentially devastate individual investors in that their
c. for individual investors they are potentially devastating, because their
d. for individual investors, it is potentially devastating in that their
e. it can potentially devastate individual investors, whose
OA: A
Query: In A, "They" is used. As per the explanation, "They" clearly refers to Bear Markets.
- But just before "They", there are two plural nouns. How to ensure that in such cases, we can clearly identify whether or not pronoun is creating ambiguity.
