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Old 15-Mar-2005, 08:44
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Default Re: Subject and Verb

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1. On oil, Americans want low prices and secure supplies, which are inconsistent.
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Hi Jack, "which" is a relative pronoun: it sits next to its referent. "oil" is too far away, as is "Americans".
So is the referent 'supplies' or 'prices and supplies'? How do you know?
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