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by sam117 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:06 pm
In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

A. the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

B. the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

C. the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations

D. the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

E. the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operation

The OA is C. However, I think that "its" has no clear referent here. Can anybody help? Thanks.
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by killer1387 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:05 pm
In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

A. the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

B. the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

C. the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations

D. the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

E. the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operation

"its" is a possessive pronoun referring correctly to company.
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by avik.ch » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:05 pm
"Its" as a possessive pronoun refer to company, which is in possessive case.


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by eaakbari » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:54 pm
sam117 wrote:In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

A. the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

B. the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

C. the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations

D. the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

E. the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operation

The OA is C. However, I think that "its" has no clear referent here. Can anybody help? Thanks.
My doubt was on the same line's as Sam117.

Is this an example of Subject-Verb intro?
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by The Iceman » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:27 am
eaakbari wrote: My doubt was on the same line's as Sam117.

Is this an example of Subject-Verb intro?
'Its' has only one logical antecedent, which is "company's". There is no ambiguity here.
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