A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
Is it not “they” vague,. They could refer to international journalists or to nuclear power stations…
Pronoun question in question # 13 (1000 SC)
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agree that "they" sounds kinda vague..isisalaska wrote:A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
Is it not “they” vague,. They could refer to international journalists or to nuclear power stations…
however, if they is correct maybe it's becuase "majority" refers to "journalists," and the pronoun "they" would thus only refer to "power stations"
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Ans must be D - best out of given 5 options
According to my analysis -- They in D --- is not ambiguous....
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but a majority of the international journalists surveyed think that they will be (made - ellipsed) or could be made sufficiently safe in the future.
Subject (in orange) + verb (in green) + object (in blue) ... but ....subject (in orange ellipsed) + verb (think - in green) + object .
Hope it is clear now ---
E - incorrect - violates parallelism....would must be followed by BE
According to my analysis -- They in D --- is not ambiguous....
A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but a majority of the international journalists surveyed think that they will be (made - ellipsed) or could be made sufficiently safe in the future.
Subject (in orange) + verb (in green) + object (in blue) ... but ....subject (in orange ellipsed) + verb (think - in green) + object .
Hope it is clear now ---
E - incorrect - violates parallelism....would must be followed by BE
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Could someone provide explanation and OA?
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The answer is D
Can anyone please explain why they in "D" is not ambigous how can we say for sure it is referring to journalists and not power stations
Can anyone please explain why they in "D" is not ambigous how can we say for sure it is referring to journalists and not power stations
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OA is /d but i am convinced it is Enavdeepbajwa wrote:The answer is D
Can anyone please explain why they in "D" is not ambigous how can we say for sure it is referring to journalists and not power stations
1)they is ambigous
2)if would becomes will, could should become can
3)Moreover, majority of scientists SURVEYED(in the past)...then referring to a future action (from the past) should ideally be would or could (please tell me if there is any discrepancy in this logic)
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I agree with the "They" being ambiguous, E is wrong because it clubs present tense with a would...you can only club a past with a would..present needs to go with will..
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The best answer is D. The reason may be the fact that if we have a closer look, we may see the main verb of this sentence is 'View' and its in the present form. Therefore, we can not use "would/could" here which represents past tone. Although 'they'seems unusual, but having no other alternatives, we have to choose 'D' as the correct answer.
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A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
a that they will, or could,
b that they would, or could,
c they will be or could
Correct Option:- think that they will be or could
Because : A majority of the international journalists surveyed view.......but think........
Hence introduction of think indicates parallelism which is absent in a,b,c.
Secondly we chose d and not e bcoz d is more closer to the original sentence
e think the power stations would or could
a that they will, or could,
b that they would, or could,
c they will be or could
Correct Option:- think that they will be or could
Because : A majority of the international journalists surveyed view.......but think........
Hence introduction of think indicates parallelism which is absent in a,b,c.
Secondly we chose d and not e bcoz d is more closer to the original sentence
e think the power stations would or could