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I wonder if this sentence is correct:
"ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentrated"

It sounds somehow weird to me even it may be correct. However, would this alternate form be correct ?

"ministers wnat more competition in a sector which they believe it is too concentrated"
  

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[nq:1]I wonder if this sentence is correct: "ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentrated"[/nq] If arranged as a sentence (initial cap, period), Yes. [nq:1]It sounds somehow weird to me even it may be correct. However, would this alternate form be correct ?

  • [nq:1]I wonder if this sentence is correct: "ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentrated"[/nq] If arranged as a sentence (initial cap, period), Yes.
  • [nq:1]It sounds somehow weird to me even it may be correct.
  • However, would this alternate form be correct ?
  • "ministers want more competition in a sector which they believe it is too concentrated"[/nq] Same remark, but No.
  • Subtract the "it" and it passes, but the original is better.
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[nq:1]I wonder if this sentence is correct: "ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentrated"[/nq]
If arranged as a sentence (initial cap, period), Yes.
[nq:1]It sounds somehow weird to me even it may be correct. However, would this alternate form be correct ? "ministers want more competition in a sector which they believe it is too concentrated"[/nq]
Same
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[nq:1]I wonder if this sentence is correct: "ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentr=ated" It sounds somehow weird to me even it may be correct.[/nq]
It is both correct and unclear. Which sector? Grocery stores? Banking? What
the "sector" might be is totally open.
[nq:1]However, would this alternate form be correct ? "ministers wnat more competition in
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[nq:1]I wonder if this sentence is correct: "ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentrated"[/nq]
I believe this sentence needs a finisher (there is no full stop or period to end it) or more context to show what is "too concentrated.") Otherwise, without "where they believe it(see below)", I would like to see "congested." or "compressed." Those are complete in des
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[nq:1]I wonder if this sentence is correct: "ministers want more competition in a sector they believe is too concentrated" It sounds somehow weird to me even it may be correct.[/nq]
You have omitted a word beween even and it. Probably "if".
[nq:1]However, would this alternate form be correct ? "ministers wnat more competition in a sector which they believe it is too concentrated"[/nq]
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Thanks all,
The sentence may seem unclear because taken out of the context, which is about banking industry in Britain. All of you are stating that the fist sentence is correct, I get it. I was just bewildered by this sentence with 2 embedding clauses.
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Thanks all,
The sentence may seem unclear because taken out of the context, which is about banking industry in Britain. All of you are stating that the fist sentence is correct, I get it. I was just bewildered by this sentence with 2 embedding clauses.
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[nq:1]Thanks all, The sentence may seem unclear because taken out of the context, which is =about banking industry in Britain. All of you are stating that the fist sentence is correct, I get it. I was=just bewildered by this sentence with 2 embedding clauses.[/nq]
Very unclear. I thought that "ministers" preached religion from the pulpit. Oh, perhaps politicians do also. Bow down to mother ear
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[nq:2]Thanks all, The sentence may seem unclear because taken out ... was just bewildered by this sentence with 2 embedding clauses.[/nq]
[nq:1]Very unclear. I thought that "ministers" preached religion from the pulpit. Oh, perhaps politicians do also. Bow down to mother earth and worship global warming.[/nq]
Some ministers preach. Other ministers are members of a government (AmE: executiv
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[nq:1]Some ministers preach. Other ministers are members of a government (AmE: executive branch). From the COED: http://www.askoxford.com/concise oed/minister?view=uk noun 1 ... state or sovereign in a foreign country. 3 a member of the clergy, especially in the Presbyterian and Nonconformist Churches.[/nq]
Do peopl
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[nq:1]Do people really belong to nonconformist churches?[/nq]
Not anymore. Now they're Free.
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