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Englishsz Posted 19 years ago
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that clause

1font00WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 — The United States offers some of the most lucrative incentives in the world to companies that drill for oil in publicly owned coastal waters, but a newly released study suggests that the government is getting very little for its money. 02br
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00The study, which the Interior Department refused to release for more than a year, estimates that current inducements could allow drilling companies in the Gulf of Mexico to escape tens of billions of dollars in royalties that they would otherwise pay the government for oil and gas produced in areas01font00 that belong to American taxpayers02font00. 02br
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00But the study predicts that the inducements would cause only a tiny increase in production even if they were offered without some of the limitations now in place.02font02br
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01font00QUESTION:02font02br
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01font00What does the 'that' clause (in red text) restrict?02font02br
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01font00I think it restricts 'areas', but some people allege that it restrict 'billions of dollars in royalties'.02font02br
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01font00who's correct?02font0-
  

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0areas = that02br 02br 01font 00(oil and gas) (produced in (areas02font 01font 00 that belong to American taxpayers))02font 01font 00. 02font 0-

— Inchoateknowledge

  • 0areas = that02br 02br 01font 00(oil and gas) (produced in (areas02font 01font 00 that belong to American taxpayers))02font 01font 00.
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0areas = that02br
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01font00(oil and gas) (produced in (areas02font01font00 that belong to American taxpayers))02font01font00. 02font0-
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0I completely agree with IK. If the writer wanted this to modify the dollars, he or she should have placed it directly after the dollars phrase, and not after "areas."0-
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