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Re: The Norwegian government started legal action recently [#permalink]
Although I picked the right answer, I am bit confused in regard to the intended meaning of the sentence.....

"that do not adopt the law" ---> is it the Euro Zone 'that do not adopt the law' or the countries 'that do not adopt the law'?

Can someone please share his/her thoughts on the same?

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Although I picked the right answer, I am bit confused in regard to the intended meaning of the sentence.....

"that do not adopt the law" ---> is it the Euro Zone 'that do not adopt the law' or the countries 'that do not adopt the law'?

Can someone please share his/her thoughts on the same?

Thanks


Hi,

The intended meaning is the countries "that do not adopt the law" and these countries lie outside the Euro Zone.


In regards to which is correct - "to try and block" or "to try to block", lets check the meaning. Here the Norwegian government wants to stop the RH Tax. So they are going to do one action : try blocking it, where they may or may not succeed. They are not doing 2 different actions of 1st "Trying" and then a 2nd separate action of "Blocking". I.e. the "Try" leads to "Block" if successful and we should not use "and". So it should not be "To Try and Block" as correct form is - "To Try to Block". Hope I was able to clarify this.
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Hi guys!
I have a question about C. Is it correct to say that "outside Euro zone" modifies "countries" and hence we can use "which" after modifier?. I read about this possibility in SC guide. Please clarify. Thanks!
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C) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it will ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone, which do not adopt the law -----1. ‘Because it will ensnare’ seems too strongly worded. 2. Which certainly refers to the countries; Note that the verb is plural and it does not refer to the Zone, which is singular. So C is passable.

D to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax on the grounds that it could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law--- Could ensnare is fine, definitely acceptable at the start of the campaign;2. However, the ‘that’ in Euro Zone is a restrictive pronoun, therefore must refer to the Euro Zone ; There is no elbow-room for the restrictive pronouns to modify any noun other than what is in the front. So all choices that say “ Euro-zone that” are inherently flawed. This leaves only C, I suppose

That is the reason C is better than D.
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Can you pls explain how the use of "That" in D is correct

that is modifying Euro Zone which is singular, but the verb used is "do not" which is plural
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Hi GDT,

If I may respond to your question: that refers to countries (to be more precise, it refers to countries outside the Euro Zone).
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C) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it will ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone, which do not adopt the law -----1. ‘Because it will ensnare’ seems too strongly worded. 2. Which certainly refers to the countries; Note that the verb is plural and it does not refer to the Zone, which is singular. So C is passable.

D to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax on the grounds that it could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law--- Could ensnare is fine, definitely acceptable at the start of the campaign;2. However, the ‘that’ in Euro Zone is a restrictive pronoun, therefore must refer to the Euro Zone ; There is no elbow-room for the restrictive pronouns to modify any noun other than what is in the front. So all choices that say “ Euro-zone that” are inherently flawed. This leaves only C, I suppose

That is the reason C is better than D.




Dear VeritasKarishma

I guess we need your presence here!

And daagh reasoning sounds apt. Any insights from your side please?

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C) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it will ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone, which do not adopt the law -----1. ‘Because it will ensnare’ seems too strongly worded. 2. Which certainly refers to the countries; Note that the verb is plural and it does not refer to the Zone, which is singular. So C is passable.

D to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax on the grounds that it could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law--- Could ensnare is fine, definitely acceptable at the start of the campaign;2. However, the ‘that’ in Euro Zone is a restrictive pronoun, therefore must refer to the Euro Zone ; There is no elbow-room for the restrictive pronouns to modify any noun other than what is in the front. So all choices that say “ Euro-zone that” are inherently flawed. This leaves only C, I suppose

That is the reason C is better than D.




Dear VeritasKarishma

I guess we need your presence here!

And daagh reasoning sounds apt. Any insights from your side please?

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"that" refers to the set of countries outside the Eurozone.

Think about what is being conveyed.
The Govt is starting legal action. On what grounds? On the grounds that the tax could ensnare some countries.
Which countries are these? The countries that are outside the Eurozone and do not adopt the law. Both characteristics are essential. It could ensnare these particular countries.
Hence, "comma + which" is not acceptable. In that case "which do not adopt the law" becomes additional information about these countries.

Also, we cannot write "countries that do not adopt the law outside the Eurozone" because it seems to imply that they do not adopt the law outside the Eurozone but they do adopt it inside (whatever that means!)

Hence, the only way to write this is:
... countries outside the Eurozone that do not adopt the law.
Both "outside the Eurozone" and "do not adopt the law" are essential to the meaning of the sentence.

(D) is correct.
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I have a doubt. Doesn't "IT" in this question refer to both Government and Robin Hood Tax
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The Norwegian government started legal action recently to try and block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it could ensnare countries outside the Eurozone that do not adopt the law.

1) to try and block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law

2) to try and block the so-called Robin Hood tax; the tax could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law

3) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it will ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone, which do not adopt the law

4) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax on the grounds that it could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law

5) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax due to the fact that it will ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law

Confused between b & d


1.to try to block v/s to try and block - The government is trying to block and not doing 2 actions here (remember 2 verbs separated by and make it a list of actions)

2.So you will read a lot about pronoun ambiguity being a secondary elimination technique, here "because" starts a dependent clause and 'it' as per the form logically refers to the Robin Hood tax while grammatically it refers to the subject 'The Norwegian government'. Definitely deterministic here.

3.The which v/s that: the info is necessary for the meaning so Which is out. I had seen above someone had eliminated on the basis that Which/ that refers to Euro Zone. No it doesnt. (sometimes the pronoun can jump a preposition block to refer to a logical Noun, this is one such example)

Hope this clarifies this one :)
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