petal123 wrote:
Hi,
As per Manhattan Verbal following sentence is correct;
CORRECT: The company leadership is faltering- the CEO embarrassed himself on the news just last night- and the investors are restless.
Shouldn't it be "The company's leadership..............restless.?
Thanks (explanation for answer will be appreciated).
Dear
petal123,
I'm happy to respond.
First of all, please give the page number. I have the book in front of me, but I would like to see the context so I have a better sense of the point that the
MGMAT folks are making.
As to your question: in English, we can use nouns to modify other nouns:
the banana truck
the machine room
the party hatIn formal speech, it's generally not preferred to stack 3+ nouns together ("
the banana truck driver", "
the machine room key", etc.) You will hear structures of this sort in American colloquial English, but in formal writing, this structure is not used. Nevertheless, using a single noun to modify another noun is perfect fine. Thus:
the company leadership = 100% correct
Of course,
the company's leadership = 100% correct
Both are perfectly fine.
Does this make sense?
Mike
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