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Pronouns referring to a noun in a prepositional phrase [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2012, 22:19
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Hi All,

Got a question on use of pronoun usage.

Is it wrong for a pronoun to refer to noun in an of prepositional phrase or any prepositional phrase. Was doing some reading through Manhattan GMAT forum. But could not find anything conclusive.

Can't think of an example to quote here. Any help on this topic is much appreciated.
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Re: Pronouns referring to a noun in a prepositional phrase [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2012, 23:31
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Abhii46 wrote:
MGMAT does says that a noun in a prepositional phrase cannot be the subject of the sentence but that doesn't mean that a pronoun cannot refer to it, it can.

I think I read a similar sentence on this website as the one mentioned below:
Secret copies of journal, which was thought to be missing, are available now.
Here "which" refers to "journal" but the subject of the sentence is "Secret copies" and hence the verb is "are".


Hi Abhii,
I'm also confused about this topic, you provide a good example regarding use 'which' in the sentence. But i have some doubt in my mind, whether 'which' is a used as pronoun or conjunction in the above sentence. Please reply soon.
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Pronouns referring to a noun in a prepositional phrase [#permalink] New post   31 Mar 2017, 00:40
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GetThisDone wrote:
Hi All,

Got a question on use of pronoun usage.

Is it wrong for a pronoun to refer to noun in an of prepositional phrase or any prepositional phrase. Was doing some reading through Manhattan GMAT forum. But could not find anything conclusive.

Can't think of an example to quote here. Any help on this topic is much appreciated.


Hi,
Yes , pronoun can refer to noun in prepositional phrase, the example is here https://gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep ... 39142.html . But there is no rule when this situation will be true. It will depend on the meaning of the sentence.
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Re: Pronouns referring to a noun in a prepositional phrase [#permalink] New post   25 Mar 2012, 03:11
your doubt itself is not clear.............
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Re: Pronouns referring to a noun in a prepositional phrase [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2012, 01:56
MGMAT does says that a noun in a prepositional phrase cannot be the subject of the sentence but that doesn't mean that a pronoun cannot refer to it, it can.

I think I read a similar sentence on this website as the one mentioned below:
Secret copies of journal, which was thought to be missing, are available now.
Here "which" refers to "journal" but the subject of the sentence is "Secret copies" and hence the verb is "are".
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