two small pronoun confusion

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cooldude: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 108; Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:31 am; Thanked: 1 times

by cooldude » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:40 am

we finally chose the cofee table towards the back of the store,which we thought would comlement our living room furniture

we finally chose the cofee table towards the back of the store,because we thought it would comlement our living room furniture

well can eomeone help me out here y statement 1 wrong and 2 correct?if i m not wrong then which is ambigous coz it may apply to store and table both rite?but y not it is ambiguous here?or is my logic faulty?someone plz clarify

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jim may not be elected CEO by the board because he does not meet ITS standard.

here it refers to board rite?but donn we generallt use it to refer to nonhuman things?

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by abby_g » Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:57 am

we finally chose the cofee table towards the back of the store,which we thought would comlement our living room furniture.

In the above sentence since which is close to store, it reads

the store would complement our living room furniture

. Hence incorrect.

I don't know the credibility of the second since i feel it is confusing at that place since the antecedent is not clear coffee table or store.

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by arora007 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:11 pm

"jim may not be elected CEO by the board because he does not meet ITS standard.

here it refers to board rite?but donn we generallt use it to refer to nonhuman things?"

I believe board , though comprising of humans is considered non-human.

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by nibake » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:01 pm

relative pronouns like that and which are somewhat restrictive with regard to their reference. They should refer to the noun phrase that comes before them, whereas personal pronouns like it and they are looser when it comes to reference.

In the original example (from Manhattan SC, right?) the pronoun which refers to the "back of the store" and the sentence is nonsensical.

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