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hiromi525
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 Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:54 pm Post subject: that of its first two years combined |
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The sentence below is from a text book.
The venture's revenue in its third year was higher than that of its first two years combined.
What is the first its and the second its indicating respectively?
What is that indicating? |
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IanT
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Both "its"are possessive, meaning "the venture's".
And "that" means "the revenue".
Hope helps,
Ian
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hiromi525
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| Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:23 pm Post subject: Thank you very much |
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Thank to you, I do understand the structure of the sentence very well.
Hiromi |
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