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Tara2 Posted 6 years ago
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A redundancy here which

Is 'which' relative pronoun for 'a redundancy here' or just 'a redundancy'?


there is thus a redundancy here which Dr. X overcomes by adding to the notion of Z the general principle of Y, under which, as we have seen, this and that can be explained..."

  

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It seems to me that we usually say that just the one noun is the antecedent of a relative pronoun. So 'redundancy' is the antecedent of 'which'. there is thus a redundancy here which Dr.

  • It seems to me that we usually say that just the one noun is the antecedent of a relative pronoun.
  • So 'redundancy' is the antecedent of 'which'.
  • there is thus a redundancy here which Dr.
  • X overcomes by ...
  • When it comes to the semantics (the meaning), however, it's more like this: there is thus a redundancy here , and Dr.
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It seems to me that we usually say that just the one noun is the antecedent of a relative pronoun. So 'redundancy' is the antecedent of 'which'.

there is thus a redundancy here which Dr. X overcomes by ...


When it comes to the semantics (the meaning), however, it's more like this:

there is thus a redundancy here, and Dr. X overcomes the

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