Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's

aditya8062 wrote: my doubt : is option E wrong because of faulty comparison in the second half of the it

E says : Britain's economy grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and its decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States.


my reasoning : by default "its" will refer to "Britain's" so the comparison in the second part becomes: Britain's decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States---->thereby making a faulty comparison between "Britain's decline" and "economy of the United States"

aditya8062 wrote:thanks a lot GURU
i want to ask u one more thing : in Manhattan SC guide it is said that "pronouns" cannot refer to nouns that act as adjectives
for example : the park ranger discussed measures to prevent severe wildfires, which could be devastating to it ---->incorrect sentence because "it" should refer to "park", which actually exist as adjective rather than as noun

NOW my concern: is such a rule not there for "possessive pronouns"? because "possessive pronoun" when refer to "possessive nouns" then such "possessive nouns" are actually adjective, as is in the above SC

PS : if u find my question difficult to read out( may be because of my not so clear writing skills) please tell me and i will rephrase it

regards

The reason is that both the possessive pronoun and the preceding possessive serve as ADJECTIVES.

aditya8062 wrote:Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's and its decline much more rapid in the subsequent recession than the United States.
A. Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's and its decline much more rapid in the subsequent recession than the United States.
B. The economic growth of Britain was slower in the mid-1970's and it declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
C. Britain's economy, which grew more slowly in the mid-1970's, also had declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
D. The economy of Britain grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than did the economy of the United States.
E. Britain's economy grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and its decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States.


my doubt : is option E wrong because of faulty comparison in the second half of the it

E says : Britain's economy grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and its decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States.


my reasoning : by default "its" will refer to "Britain's" so the comparison in the second part becomes: Britain's decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States---->thereby making a faulty comparison between "Britain's decline" and "economy of the United States"