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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Objective Pronoun

The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected them to and its business would improve in the second half of the year.

Is usage them to correct in above sentence?
  

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Hi Pokh I think you can do away with 'them to'. The meaning you think the words will convey is conveyed without them.

— Vsuresh

  • Hi Pokh I think you can do away with 'them to'.
  • The meaning you think the words will convey is conveyed without them.
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Hi Pokh

I think you can do away with 'them to'. The meaning you think the words will convey is conveyed without them.
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vsureshHi Pokh
I think you can do away with 'them to'. The meaning you think the words will convey is conveyed without them.
Can them(objective case) refer back to subject ??
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'Them' refers to the profit but them is not the objective pronoun here.

Suresh
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