pqhai wrote:
blueseas wrote:
Hi pghai ,
need some discussion on this.
(B) much of the regional developers' creativity was utilized on the building of the company website and on design and implementation of the back-end server in which it was stored
Correct.
- Parallelism: ... was utilized on X and on Y
- Pronoun: [color=#0000ff]"it" refers to "the company website" correctly.[/color]===>as you said in option E IT is ambiguous...same is the case here....please correct me if i am wrong.
IT can refer to CREATIVITY//WEBSITE //IMPLEMENTATION.
First of all, thanks so much for analyzing my answer (I love discussing
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As far as I know, the pronoun should refer to the closest eligible antecedent. However, one of the most important note is that
the antecedent & pronoun must make sense together. You can plug in "the creativity" or "implementation" to "it" to test. Does that make sense? I don't think they could be "
stored" in the server. So only "website" makes sense.
blueseas wrote:
(E) the creating of the company website accounted for much of the regional developers' creativity as well as design and implementation of the back-end server that stored it
Wrong.
- Change meaning: in this sentence, developers' creativity || design || implement. That is wrong meaning.
- Pronoun ambiguity: "it" is very ambiguous. It refers to what? creativity, implementation or website? We don't know.
my question in this is: whether THE CREATING of ....==>is this is right construction.IMO this is not
regards
I think the structure "the creating of..." itself has no problem (in grammar). The main problem (
IMO) is parallelism.
The structure is: "
X accounted for much of Y as well as Z" means:
X accounted for Y
AND, separately
X accounted for ZSo the creating of the website accounted for design and implementation of the back-end server? No, it does not make sense. That's why I said E changes meaning.
Regards.
FIRSTLY i will say refering to your explanation is always good way to learn...and my intention was not to analyze your answer but rather to learn from your thoughts.
moreover i wanted this discussion just to clear my doubts...and i am glad to know that you are happy in this.
i got your point that
ITmeaningwise can refer to website...in option B....BUT isnt the same case with
option E...There also meaning wise
IT can only refer to WEBSITE...(IN OPTION E IT is ambiguous as per your explanation)
Please suggest if i am interpreting wrong.
moreover article THE before creating makes it a GERUND
the creating of.....but i cant frame any sentence having the same structure.
if possible can you just refer any sentence having the same construction
the creating of.....in which creating is acting as gerund/noun.
NOTE: I AGREE WITH PARALLELISM ERROR IN OPTION E
THANKS