Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806
a.
b. requesting them to
c. and its request to
d. who request that it
e. who request them to
Pls give your ans with proper explanation.
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vote for (D)
explanation -
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities who request that it return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806
"request that it return" is a subjunctive mood
"who" refers to Greek authorities
explanation -
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities who request that it return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806
"request that it return" is a subjunctive mood
"who" refers to Greek authorities
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Here Meaning plays the important Role. It should be clear that the Greek authorities are requesting the British Museum.
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806
a.
b. requesting them to Incorrect pronoun reference for British Museum
c. and its request to its should be their request bcz its greek authorities who are requesting
d. who request that it Clear meaning and correct Use of Subjunctive
e. who request them to them incorrectly used for British Museum
Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806
a.
b. requesting them to Incorrect pronoun reference for British Museum
c. and its request to its should be their request bcz its greek authorities who are requesting
d. who request that it Clear meaning and correct Use of Subjunctive
e. who request them to them incorrectly used for British Museum
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Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806
a.
b. requesting them to
c. and its request to
d. who request that it
e. who request them to
A. "Greek authorities requesting" is wrong usage. "Greek authorities who request" is proper. Although it is true that "requesting ..." modifies Greek Authorities, this is similar to a preposition + noun + verb-ing and one should steer clear of the construction if a better is available.
B. them is wrong reference for British Museum.it is proper. Again the same construction as "A" of "requesting"
C. rebuffing request?? changes the meaning clearly.
D.This is good.
E. use of "them" similar to B.
Hope this helps.
a.
b. requesting them to
c. and its request to
d. who request that it
e. who request them to
A. "Greek authorities requesting" is wrong usage. "Greek authorities who request" is proper. Although it is true that "requesting ..." modifies Greek Authorities, this is similar to a preposition + noun + verb-ing and one should steer clear of the construction if a better is available.
B. them is wrong reference for British Museum.it is proper. Again the same construction as "A" of "requesting"
C. rebuffing request?? changes the meaning clearly.
D.This is good.
E. use of "them" similar to B.
Hope this helps.
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(A)requesting as a gerund is wrong here--INCORRECT
(B)"them" is ambiguous pronoun---INCORRECT
(C) "its" is wrong because Request is by Greek Authorities---INCORRECT
(D)"who" properly qualifies Greek Authorities so "its" goes to "British Museum"-CORRECT
(E)"them" is incorrect..See the reasoning in (D)---INCORRECT
(B)"them" is ambiguous pronoun---INCORRECT
(C) "its" is wrong because Request is by Greek Authorities---INCORRECT
(D)"who" properly qualifies Greek Authorities so "its" goes to "British Museum"-CORRECT
(E)"them" is incorrect..See the reasoning in (D)---INCORRECT
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imskpwr wrote:Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropritaed cultural artifacts to the place of their origin, the british Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806
IMO 'should' not required (subjunctive construction)a. requesting that it should
NOUN PRONOUN MISMATCH: the british Museum ---themb. requesting them to
Use of AND inappropriate - as a result it appears 2nd part (its request to retun...) is not linked with the first part (The british..authorities);c. and its request to
ITS refering illogically to the british Museum's
WHO refers to Greek authorities; IT refers to the british Museum.d. who request that it
NOUN PRONOUN MISMATCH: the british Museum ---theme. who request them to
IMO D
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