Is the idea...
Is the idea that a bank should not be interested in whether or not someone has committed a crime not be of interest to them really credible? (From The Guardian readers' forum.)
Is the idea that a bank should not be interested in whether or not someone has committed a crime not be of interest to them a noun phrase? (I think it is.)
Does the pronoun "them" refer to "a bank" in the cited sentence?
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The sentence is messed up. It seems that the author wrote: Is the idea that a bank should not be interested in whether or not someone has committed a crime ... and then at this point the author lost track of what he/she was saying and tried to add the "not be of interest to them" idea again.
- The sentence is messed up.
- It seems that the author wrote: Is the idea that a bank should not be interested in whether or not someone has committed a crime ...
- and then at this point the author lost track of what he/she was saying and tried to add the "not be of interest to them" idea again.
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The sentence is messed up. It seems that the author wrote:
Is the idea that a bank should not be interested in whether or not someone has committed a crime ...
and then at this point the author lost track of what he/she was saying and tried to add the "not be of interest to them" idea again.
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