Pronoun ambuguity- confused by examples in Guide.please help

[p.s.vigneshwaran]

1) Well informed people know that Bordeaux is a french region whose famous export is the wine that bears its name - correct sentence as per our guide

In the above sentence - its can refer to wine isnt it?

2)Confronted by Radical changes in production and distribution, modern Hollywood studios are attempting various experiments in an effort to retain their status as the primary arbiters of movie consumption

In the above sentence their can represent experiments too isnt it?

GMAT in 2 weeks . Please help.

Thanks,
Sai

[jnelson0612]

Please read this thread and let us know if you have more questions: people-that-are-t9938.html

[keenys]

Hello,

I have the same question:

Confronted by Radical changes in production and distribution, modern Hollywood studios are attempting various experiments in an effort to retain their status as the primary arbiters of movie consumption

In the above sentence their can represent experiments too isnt it?

[RonPurewal]

Hello,

I have the same question:

Confronted by Radical changes in production and distribution, modern Hollywood studios are attempting various experiments in an effort to retain their status as the primary arbiters of movie consumption

In the above sentence their can represent experiments too isnt it?

Don't worry about "pronoun ambiguity" if it's absolutely and immediately obvious what the pronoun is meant to stand for. Just worry about whether the pronoun is actually correct (i.e., stands for something that's actually a noun, and matches it in terms of singular/plural).

There are tons and tons and tons of correct GMAC sentences in which "they/them/their" is correctly used despite the presence of 2 or more plural nouns, because the meaning is sufficiently obvious.

[keenys]

Thanks Ron. The explanation was really helpful.

[jlucero]

Glad it helped.