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-Ing: The subject of 'losing' is 'people'? #1 (permalink) Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:05 am   -Ing: The subject of 'losing' is 'people'?
 

Dear teachers,

Please read:

It will mean 500 people losing their job.

The subject of "losing" is "people"?
If I don't want to use "losing", I rewrite the sentence as in:

a.It will mean 500 people who will lose their jobs.

or:

b. It will mean that 500 people will lose their jobs.

Both a and b are correct?

Thanks
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-Ing: The subject of 'losing' is 'people'? #2 (permalink) Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:55 am   -Ing: The subject of 'losing' is 'people'?
 

Hi Quoc

Sentence b is definitely better:
b. It will mean that 500 people will lose their jobs.

The word that is optional in the sentence, so you can also write the same sentence this way:
It will mean 500 people will lose their jobs.

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