OG13 SC105C: Marconi's conception...

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OG13 SC105C: Marconi's conception...

by bkw » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:36 pm
The correct answer is:

Marconi conceived of the radio as tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become precisely the opposite ...


I wonder how this can be the correct answer. The singular pronoun it cannot refer to telephone as well as to the radio?

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by sam2304 » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:04 pm
Both are independent clauses and both act as the subject, one referring to the subject of the other and telephone is a part of prepositional phrase so 'it' cannot refer to an object of prepositional phrase unless the pronoun itself is part of prepositional phrase.
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