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Marconi’s conception of the radio

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agarwalmanoj2000
 Post subject: Re: Marconi’s conception of the radio
 Post Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:17 pm 
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C. Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become

In correct choice C, how can "it" refer to radio. "It" is subject of second sentence and can refer to subject of first sentence, but Marconi is the subject of first sentence and not radio.

Please advise.
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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:38 pm 
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agarwalmanoj2000 wrote:
C. Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool for private conversation that could substitute for the telephone; instead, it has become

In correct choice C, how can "it" refer to radio. "It" is subject of second sentence and can refer to subject of first sentence, but Marconi is the subject of first sentence and not radio.

Please advise.


you shouldn't be this picky about pronouns. if the pronoun stands for a NOUN, and if it matches that noun in terms of singular/plural, then it's almost always ok.

i.e., there is no requirement that a pronoun be grammatically parallel to its antecedent.
keep it simple:
* is there a noun?
* do the noun and pronoun agree in terms of singular/plural?
if the answers to these questions are "yes" and "yes", then the pronoun is just fine.
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aps_asks
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 Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:07 am 
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Why is choice b) an inferior choice Vis a vis the correct answer choice c)
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tim
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 Post Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:39 pm 
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"Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone, a tool for private conversation, but which is..."

this is not parallel. get rid of the part set off by commas and you see that he "conceived of the radio as a substitute for the telephone but which is...". looking to the right of the "but" we see "which is...", and this has no parallel structure to the left of the "but"..

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aps_asks
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 Post Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:32 am 
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Thanks Tim !
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tim
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 Post Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:58 am 
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no problem!

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