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Which of the following is correct? The only difference between them is the presence of the word "it".

1- Describe your accomplishments in such a way that highlights how they might be relevant to the employer.

2- Describe your accomplishments in such a way that it highlights how they might be relevant to the employer.

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    (1) should omit 'such'.
    – Michael Harvey
    Mar 12 at 15:45
  • @MichaelHarvey Thank you for your response. Does your answer change if I replace "your accomplishments" with the pronoun "them" in the above example?
    – H D
    Mar 12 at 20:11
  • @Lambie Thank you for your response. Does your answer change if I replace "your accomplishments" with the pronoun "them" in the above example?
    – H D
    Mar 12 at 20:11
  • Note that syntactically it makes no difference if you replace in such a way by just such, which should make it more obvious that you only want to include it if you also have such (whether or not it's "wrapped" in in ... a way).
    – FumbleFingers
    Mar 12 at 20:25
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    Well, it effectively references the description, whereas they references the accomplishments. But to my ear, the it version is always gonna sound a bit awkward.
    – FumbleFingers
    Mar 13 at 4:20

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Option number 1 - "Describe your accomplishments in such a way that highlights how they might be relevant to the employer." seems right to me because "that" is a subject of a dependent clause and means "way". So using "it" here will be just the repeating of a subject.

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