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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A reflexive pronoun
Bronze metallurgy in China originated in what is referred to as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlitou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles: Erh-li-t'ou) period, which some historians argue places it within the range of dates controlled by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_Dynasty.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age#cite_note-24 The U.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art defines the Chinese Bronze Age as the "period between about 2000 BC and 771 BC," a period that begins with Erlitou culture and ends abruptly with the disintegration of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Zhou_Dynasty rule.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age#cite_note-26
I think the subject of "places" is equal to "it"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlitou period), so that it "should have been "itself."
I'd like to know whether or not my thought is right.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I think the subject of "places" is equal to "it"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlitou period), so that it "should have been "itself."
I'd like to know whether or not my thought is right.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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It is the fact that Bronze metallurgy in originated in the Erlitou period that places the metallurgy in the Shang-controlled period. The metallurgy did not place itself there.
- It is the fact that Bronze metallurgy in originated in the Erlitou period that places the metallurgy in the Shang-controlled period.
- The metallurgy did not place itself there.
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It is the fact that Bronze metallurgy in originated in the Erlitou period that places the metallurgy in the Shang-controlled period. The metallurgy did not place itself there.
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The clause is "which (subj) places (verb) it (direct object)."
The antecedent to "it" is "metallurgy."
The antecedent to "which" is the entire clause "Bronze metallurgy ... originated in ... the Erlitou ... period."
In other words, bronze metallurgy in China may be dated to the Shang dynasty because of the evidence associating it (i.e., bronze metallurgy) with the Erlitou Per
The antecedent to "it" is "metallurgy."
The antecedent to "which" is the entire clause "Bronze metallurgy ... originated in ... the Erlitou ... period."
In other words, bronze metallurgy in China may be dated to the Shang dynasty because of the evidence associating it (i.e., bronze metallurgy) with the Erlitou Per
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