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Pronoun "it" can refer noun in possessive form? 05 Dec 2021, 22:37
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The company's profits were outstanding, and it went bankrupt because of outrageously poor management.

Is It correct here or it should be "The Company" ?

And is incorrect instead of and , But or Yet should be used.

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This is something to note, but I would not eliminate that answer choice immediately.
Other answer choices could have more serious problems.

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The company's profits were outstanding, and it went bankrupt because of outrageously poor management.

Is It correct here or it should be "The Company" ?

And is incorrect instead of and , But or Yet should be used.
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GMAT is a funny game, you need to post all the choices. GMAT rather goes with the best possible choice than the 'correct' choice/sounds good in ear. You need to compare what grammar/logical flaw(s) is(are) there in each choice and also make sure the original intended meaning is not changed :)
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The company's profits were outstanding, and it went bankrupt because of outrageously poor management.

Is It correct here or it should be "The Company" ?

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I agree with what has been written above, concerning it. I can think of two examples of official questions off the top of my head that use the pronoun her to refer to a noun that appears only in possessive form elsewhere in the sentence. There is this question on Emily Dickinson and this one on another female poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, to illustrate the point. Moreover, I like the response that Marty of Target Test Prep provides on the matter in a thread to a question he posted. In short, I see no reason why it in the context of the sentence you wrote should automatically disqualify the sentence.

Moving on to your second question, yes, but or yet would provide a more reasonable conjunction than and to convey the idea that, despite outstanding profits, the company still went bankrupt. I have seen questions in which meaning is pinned to a conjunction, so your concern is well founded. I would probably disfavor the sentence you asked about more for this reason than for the pronoun.

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I agree with what has been written above, concerning it. I can think of two examples of official questions off the top of my head that use the pronoun her to refer to a noun that appears only in possessive form elsewhere in the sentence. There is this question on Emily Dickinson and this one on another female poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, to illustrate the point. Moreover, I like the response that Marty of Target Test Prep provides on the matter in a thread to a question he posted. In short, I see no reason why it in the context of the sentence you wrote should automatically disqualify the sentence.

Moving on to your second question, yes, but or yet would provide a more reasonable conjunction than and to convey the idea that, despite outstanding profits, the company still went bankrupt. I have seen questions in which meaning is pinned to a conjunction, so your concern is well founded. I would probably disfavor the sentence you asked about more for this reason than for the pronoun.

I hope my response adds to your understanding of the issues at hand. Good luck with your studies.

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Thanks Andrew for your explanation

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