@arunss90 said:106. Marconi창€™s conception of the radio was as a substitutefor the telephone, a tool for private conversation;instead, it is precisely the opposite, a tool forcommunicating with a large, public audience.(A) Marconi창€™s conception of the radio was as asubstitute for the telephone, a tool for privateconversation; instead, it is(B) Marconi conceived of the radio as a substitutefor the telephone, a tool for privateconversation, but which is(C) Marconi conceived of the radio as a tool forprivate conversation that could substitute for thetelephone; instead, it has become(D) Marconi conceived of the radio to be a tool forprivate conversation, a substitute for thetelephone, which has become(E) Marconi conceived of the radio to be asubstitute for the telephone, a tool for privateconversation, other than what it is,Its a question for SC from GMAT official guide. The answer is C. but I'm confused how the pronoun 'it' in answer C refers to the radio, why cant it refer to telephone?..is the pronoun correctly modifying the noun radio?..need someone help,Also in option 'B' is the usage of "but which wrong"?
Hi @arunss90
in answer C, It refers to radio as in "Marconi conceived of radio", Radio is the main thing(noun) which marconi has conceived of which is again modified by the line " that could be substitute for telephone(noun)".So Pronoun(It) present in the next line defines Radio(noun that whole sentence is talking about) rather than Telephone.
In option B, "but which" is the confusing part in the sentence as you can't conclude about the noun( Either Radio or Telephone) to which it is being directed to.
in answer C, It refers to radio as in "Marconi conceived of radio", Radio is the main thing(noun) which marconi has conceived of which is again modified by the line " that could be substitute for telephone(noun)".So Pronoun(It) present in the next line defines Radio(noun that whole sentence is talking about) rather than Telephone.
In option B, "but which" is the confusing part in the sentence as you can't conclude about the noun( Either Radio or Telephone) to which it is being directed to.
