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manhhiep2509
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Hi.
This is the correct sentence in question 105 of verbal review 2.
"The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength-0.1 millimeters-is too long to be registered by the eye"
In my opinion, "it" refers to "human eye", and "its" refers to "infrared radiation".
I expect that a pronoun can only refer to a noun, but in the sentence "it" refers to two different nouns.
Please explain why the uses of "it" and "its" in the sentence are correct.
Thank you.
This is the correct sentence in question 105 of verbal review 2.
"The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength-0.1 millimeters-is too long to be registered by the eye"
In my opinion, "it" refers to "human eye", and "its" refers to "infrared radiation".
I expect that a pronoun can only refer to a noun, but in the sentence "it" refers to two different nouns.
Please explain why the uses of "it" and "its" in the sentence are correct.
Thank you.
