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10 Sep 2016, 08:51
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Hi Guys,
I was going through an article in Economist
I came across the following sentence in that :
"But that is one of the many achievements of Uber, a company founded in 2009 which is now the world’s most valuable startup, worth around $70 billion".
My question is, what is the word "which" used to here modifying?
As far as I know "which" is used post comma as a non essential modifier.
"Which" is also used without a comma to modify the preceding noun or noun phrase.
If "which " is used to modify Uber, doesn't it break the rules?
Please help.
Thanks in advance!
I was going through an article in Economist
I came across the following sentence in that :
"But that is one of the many achievements of Uber, a company founded in 2009 which is now the world’s most valuable startup, worth around $70 billion".
My question is, what is the word "which" used to here modifying?
As far as I know "which" is used post comma as a non essential modifier.
"Which" is also used without a comma to modify the preceding noun or noun phrase.
If "which " is used to modify Uber, doesn't it break the rules?
Please help.
Thanks in advance!
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10 Sep 2016, 09:39
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This sentence is wrong on many grounds -
1. "that is one of the...": "that" is a demonstrative adjective and cannot be used without a noun.
2. "which" wrongly refers to 2009.
3. Modifier "worth around $70 billion" is misplaced.
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10 Sep 2016, 09:54
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Hi sayantanc2k,
My apologies for not posting the preceding sentence in the first post.
Here's the version with the preceding sentence as well :
"Few companies offer something so popular that their name becomes a verb. But that is one of the many achievements of Uber, a company founded in 2009 which is now the world’s most valuable startup, worth around $70 billion".
So in this case the usage of "that" is justified right?
Anyways, I was told to read Economist on a regular basis to get used to business English. But with such mistakes present, What other sources do you suggest?
My apologies for not posting the preceding sentence in the first post.
Here's the version with the preceding sentence as well :
"Few companies offer something so popular that their name becomes a verb. But that is one of the many achievements of Uber, a company founded in 2009 which is now the world’s most valuable startup, worth around $70 billion".
So in this case the usage of "that" is justified right?
Anyways, I was told to read Economist on a regular basis to get used to business English. But with such mistakes present, What other sources do you suggest?
