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Jooney Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Relative clause
Hi,
“They have a ridiculous amount of cash,” said Douglas J. Skinner, a professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. “There’s no feasible acquisition that Apple could do that would need that much cash.”
Apple could do acquisition A, B, and C.(if they wanted to) But not one of them would need that much cash.
Q1) Is that what the sentence in bold means?
A: There’s no feasible acquisition that Apple could do that would need that much cash.
B: There's no feasible acquision that would need that much cash that Apple could do.
Q2) Can B be a substitute for A? If no, how is B semantically different from A?
I'd appreciate your help.
“They have a ridiculous amount of cash,” said Douglas J. Skinner, a professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. “There’s no feasible acquisition that Apple could do that would need that much cash.”
Apple could do acquisition A, B, and C.(if they wanted to) But not one of them would need that much cash.
Q1) Is that what the sentence in bold means?
A: There’s no feasible acquisition that Apple could do that would need that much cash.
B: There's no feasible acquision that would need that much cash that Apple could do.
Q2) Can B be a substitute for A? If no, how is B semantically different from A?
I'd appreciate your help.
Top answer
jooney “They have a ridiculous amount of cash,” said Douglas J. Skinner, a professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. (if they wanted to) But not one of them would need that much cash.
- jooney “They have a ridiculous amount of cash,” said Douglas J.
- Skinner, a professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
- (if they wanted to) But not one of them would need that much cash.
- Q1) Is that what the sentence in bold means?
- Yes.
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jooney“They have a ridiculous amount of cash,” said Douglas J. Skinner, a professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. “There’s no feasible acquisition that Apple could do that would need that much cash.”
Apple could do acquisition A, B, and C.(if they wanted to) But not one of them would need that much cash.
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