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by csandeepreddy » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:48 pm
The bank has offered so many convenient services, such as checking by phone and online banking, that many of their customers no longer visit the bank itself.

A) that many of their customers no longer visit the bank itself.
B) that each of its customers no longer visit the bank itself.
C) that many of their customers no longer visit the bank themselves.
D) that many of its customers no longer visit the bank itself.
E) that many of its customers no longer visit the bank him or herself.

OA: D
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by Bidisha800 » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:15 pm
(D)

Bank is singular so "its customers" is required and "bank itself" is required as the sentence try to convey that customers do not go to "brick and mortar" branch anymore.
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by stop@800 » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:48 am
Your point
itself/ him or herself


"him or herself" is incorrect
him/her or herself/himself is ok
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by raunekk » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:35 am
imo:D


we can eliminate A C E easily


query:

if it would have been " visits" in B in place of plural verb "visit",,,would it have been correct?? or is it ambigious to use each???


thx
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by stop@800 » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:25 am
raunekk wrote:imo:D


we can eliminate A C E easily


query:

if it would have been " visits" in B in place of plural verb "visit",,,would it have been correct?? or is it ambigious to use each???


thx
then
B will mean that none of the customer now visits the bank
which will change the meaning
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by raunekk » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:47 am
@stop@800
hi


thanks 4 the explanation,,,,
but if u take the first part of the sentence then B doesnt seem to affect the meaning of the sentence,,,

people will still be using the bank services via phone and online,,, thus they still will be the customers of the bank,
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by krazy800 » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:10 am
I will go with D

'Itself' is a reflexive pronoun that refers to the bank...

while in E....customers (being plural) call for themselves and not him or herself. Even if we were to refer to the customers we would use themselves..
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