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thekidreturns
24 Oct 2012, 00:21
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Ive started reading the WSJ on the advise of many high scorers
Heres a sentence that I encountered and would like to know if a propnoun error exists in the underlined portion.
If not, please explain to me why this is correct.
"In Monday night's debate, Mr. Romney softened earlier attacks on China and the president's handling of uprisings in the Arab world, blurred differences on Afghanistan and highlighted their mutual support of continued drone strikes on suspected terrorists."
The pronoun "their" should refer to a plural noun and there seems to be no noun other than "Mr. Romney" who could've supported drone strikes.
Is this an error ? Should I continue reading these articles ?
Heres a sentence that I encountered and would like to know if a propnoun error exists in the underlined portion.
If not, please explain to me why this is correct.
"In Monday night's debate, Mr. Romney softened earlier attacks on China and the president's handling of uprisings in the Arab world, blurred differences on Afghanistan and highlighted their mutual support of continued drone strikes on suspected terrorists."
The pronoun "their" should refer to a plural noun and there seems to be no noun other than "Mr. Romney" who could've supported drone strikes.
Is this an error ? Should I continue reading these articles ?
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24 Oct 2012, 00:43
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Does seem like an error. "Their" probably refers to Romney and the president. However, the president's is in the possessive form and hence is not a proper antecedent. On the whole, this does not seem like a sentence that is "gmatically" correct.
Kudos Plesae... If my post helped.
thekidreturns
24 Oct 2012, 00:48
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So now Im a little wary about reading articles from the WSJ and other publications.
What are the other errors you see ? Its probably a good idea to critique sentences from the non-GMAT world some times.
What are the other errors you see ? Its probably a good idea to critique sentences from the non-GMAT world some times.
