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Musicgold Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Singular plural confusion

Hi,



I tend to get confused where I have to deal with plural subjects. In the following example, ‘their portfolios’ sounds odd, but I can’t use ‘its portfolio’ as there are more than one company. Assume that I can’t paraphrase the sentences, how can I make it clearer.



The amendment allows the companies to hold 10% of their portfolios in the form of foreign assets without losing their tax status.







Thanks,



MG.
  

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Musicgold The amendment allows the companies to hold 10% of their portfolios in the form of foreign assets without losing their tax status. I would say it's fine as written, or The amendment allows a company to hold 10% of its portfolio in the form of foreign assets without losing its tax status. Musicgold Also, is there a simple test / rule one can apply in such a situation?

— CalifJim

  • Musicgold The amendment allows the companies to hold 10% of their portfolios in the form of foreign assets without losing their tax status.
  • I would say it's fine as written, or The amendment allows a company to hold 10% of its portfolio in the form of foreign assets without losing its tax status.
  • Musicgold Also, is there a simple test / rule one can apply in such a situation?
  • I am not aware of one.
  • It would be nice if there were such a test or rule for these "distributive cases" because we get lots of questions about it on this forum.
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MusicgoldThe amendment allows the companies to hold 10% of their portfolios in the form of foreign assets without losing their tax status.
I would say it's fine as written, or

The amendment allows a company to hold 10% of its portfolio in the form of foreign assets without losing its tax status.
MusicgoldAlso, is there a sim
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