I have read a sentence in a material:
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. is the contracted custodian and clearing firm of TD Ameritrade Hong Kong Ltd. for U.S. securities markets and is a member of FINRA, SIPC.
Who is the member of FINRA, SIPC?
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. is a member of FINRA, SIPC,or TD Ameritrade Hong Kong Ltd is a member of FINRA, SIPC ?
Best Answer
You could simplify your sentence by replacing the complicated names with letters:
i.e.
This is a sentence formed of two independent clauses sharing the same subject. Clause (1) is connected to clause (2) by the coordinating conjunction and. Wikipedia explains about the omissibility of the subject in such cases:
So the fact the subject X was omitted in the clause (2) is the criterion which proves that X is the subject of clause (2). Otherwise a different subject should have been expressed. Fulfilling the function of prepositional object within the predicate of clause (1), Y cannot possibly be the subject of (2), without it being replaced by a pronoun.
TheEnglishbureau explains that
Guinlist calls it ellipsis:
So without omitting the subject in (2) your sentence would be: