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Rambharosey Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What is 'that' modifying...

Is the following statement correct:

Tiger Woods is an inspiration to many golfers, including Chiranjeev Milkha Singh, whose style is significantly different from that of his own.

My friend tells me that the above sentence is wrong, since it implies: "..(that) style of his own (style)..".

Can someone please let me know the 'approach' for these kind of sentences.

Thanks,
Bharosey.
  

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Yes, "that of his own" (= "the style of his own") is wrong. You could say: Tiger Woods is an inspiration to many golfers, including Chiranjeev Milkha Singh, whose style is significantly different from his own . However, a second problem remains, which is that "his own" may appear to refer to Singh, which obviously doesn't make any sense.

— Mr Wordy

  • Yes, "that of his own" (= "the style of his own") is wrong.
  • You could say: Tiger Woods is an inspiration to many golfers, including Chiranjeev Milkha Singh, whose style is significantly different from his own .
  • However, a second problem remains, which is that "his own" may appear to refer to Singh, which obviously doesn't make any sense.
  • This seems to fix both problems: Tiger Woods is an inspiration to many golfers, including Chiranjeev Milkha Singh, whose style is significantly different from that of Woods .
  • (= "from the style of Woods")
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Yes, "that of his own" (= "the style of his own") is wrong. You could say:



Tiger Woods is an inspiration to many golfers, including Chiranjeev Milkha Singh, whose style is significantly different from his own.



However, a second problem remains, which is that "his own" may appear to refer to Singh, which obviously doesn't make any sense.
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Thanks Mr. Wordy. Appreciate it.
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