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Updated on: 20 Jul 2018, 02:49
Originally posted by sandalphon on 08 Nov 2005, 06:09.
Last edited by Bunuel on 20 Jul 2018, 02:49, edited 3 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 20 Jul 2018, 02:49, edited 3 times in total.
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As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.
(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals
(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals
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Hi skamal7
Your question is really good!
The rule is:
You CAN OMIT the relative pronouns such as that, which, who,...... if they modify an OBJECT of the sentence.
You CANNOT OMIT the relative pronouns if they modify SUBJECT of the sentence.
Examples:
(1) I forgot a book that I borrowed at the library last week. ==> "a book" is the object of the sentence [I borrowed a book at the library last week], you can omit the relative pronoun "that
Right: I forgot a book I borrowed at the library last week
(2) The professor who taught me math in high school is really smart ==> "the professor" is the subject of the sentence ==> you cannot omit "who"
Wrong: The professor taught me math in high school is really smart.
Hope it helps.
06 May 2012, 18:50
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As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded
to rivals.
(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals ANSWER
Notice how in the first part of the sentence the possessive pronouns 'its' refers to company. Therefore you can safely infer that company is singular and should take 'it' as a pronoun (which for collective nouns is usually the case: they are considered singular).
Notice in (D), previously...in the past... The two are the exact same thing. Therefore we have a case of redundancy.
Hope that helps
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to rivals.
(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals ANSWER
Notice how in the first part of the sentence the possessive pronouns 'its' refers to company. Therefore you can safely infer that company is singular and should take 'it' as a pronoun (which for collective nouns is usually the case: they are considered singular).
Notice in (D), previously...in the past... The two are the exact same thing. Therefore we have a case of redundancy.
Hope that helps
. 
