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which word subject for " offered" ?

When the company reviewed his counter offer they conceded that he should
receive a share and offered slightly less than Tony had proposed.

Which word subject verb " offered" company?.

" and " is conjunction ,

Re: which word subject for " offered" ?

What do you think?


PulM

Re: which word subject for " offered" ?

When the company reviewed his counter offer they [conceded that he should
receive a share] and [offered slightly less than Tony had proposed]
.

Here's how it works: if you look how I've marked up your example, you'll see that I have bracketed two coordinated verb phrases linked by the conjunction and. The subject of them both is the pro-form "they", which refers back to "the company".

Do you understand now?


PaulM

Re: which word subject for " offered" ?



Hi Paul .

Thank you very much for your explanation. I'm not a native speaker,
therefore I have many crazy question, please don't mind.