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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Ambiguity
Morocco was also of interest to the French because they assumed that their grip on Algeria would never be secure if they did not hold it.
1.is "it" ambiguous here ...I think it could refer to Morocco as well as Algeria...
2.Will ambiguity be resolved restructuring the sentence as below...
Morocco was also of interest to the French because they assumed that if they did not hold it their grip on Algeria would never be secure.
Please help me out....
1.is "it" ambiguous here ...I think it could refer to Morocco as well as Algeria...
2.Will ambiguity be resolved restructuring the sentence as below...
Morocco was also of interest to the French because they assumed that if they did not hold it their grip on Algeria would never be secure.
Please help me out....
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The original is fine, it's not ambiguous. Logically, the it can refer only to Morocco. Granted, the French still have to hold Algeria too but that fact goes without saying and doesn't need to be explicitly stated.
- The original is fine, it's not ambiguous.
- Logically, the it can refer only to Morocco.
- Granted, the French still have to hold Algeria too but that fact goes without saying and doesn't need to be explicitly stated.
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The original is fine, it's not ambiguous. Logically, the it can refer only to Morocco.
Granted, the French still have to hold Algeria too but that fact goes without saying and doesn't need to be explicitly stated.
Granted, the French still have to hold Algeria too but that fact goes without saying and doesn't need to be explicitly stated.
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