TheUltimateWinner wrote:
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Satellite radio transmissions, a popular feature in car stereos, differ from those of AM and FM radio, which is sent directly from earthbound towers and then to a car stereo.
A) which is sent directly from earthbound towers and then to a car
B) which are sent directly from earthbound towers to a car's
C) sent from earthbound towers and then directly to a car
D) sending them directly from earthbound towers to a car's
E) being sent directly from earthbound towers to a car
Request Expert Reply:Here, the correct choice B says (with core):
Satellite radio transmissions differ from Satellite radio transmissions (those) of AM and FM radio.Does it make sense? It does not make sense to me at all! If the above sentence is something like the following then it could make sense. Isn't it?
Satellite radio transmissions differ from transmissions (those) of AM and FM radio."Those" can refer to a noun by itself, or to a noun with some adjectives thrown in as well. It all depends on the context of the sentence.
Consider this example:
"Chocolate chip cookies are more delicious than those without chocolate chips."
Here, "those" refers to ONLY the noun "cookies," because the intention of the sentence is to compare "chocolate chip cookies" to "
cookies (those) without chocolate chips." It wouldn't make any sense to compare "chocolate chip cookies" to "chocolate chip cookies without chocolate chips."
By contrast, look at this example:
"The chocolate chip cookies that my mom makes are more delicious than those that I make."
Here, the comparison is between "the chocolate chip cookies" that my mom makes, and "
the chocolate chip cookies" (those) that I make." So, "those" refers to the entire noun phrase "chocolate chip cookies."
Now, look again at the official question so we can determine what "those" refers to:
"Satellite radio transmissions, a popular feature in car stereos, differ from those of AM and FM radio..."
This sentence compares one type of radio transmissions to another. Specifically, it compares "satellite radio transmissions" to "
transmissions (those) of AM and FM radio." It wouldn't make sense for the pronoun to refer to the entire phrase "satellite radio transmissions," so we can conclude that "those" refers ONLY to the noun "transmissions."
Overall, there isn't a one-size-fits-all way to use these pronouns -- you have to consider the context of the sentence to determine what makes the most sense.
I hope that helps!