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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Antecedant

Hi.
What's the antecedant for the underlined in the following passage?
The disscussion surrounding the new desired capabilities of a new application can lead to a reassessment of current processes, workflow, and a distribution of tasks accross staff and a dcision to make changes in processes that extend well beyond the computer system.

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The antecedent of that is processes .

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The antecedent of that is processes.
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You mean that the that-clause always modifies the nearest noun?
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No, I did not imply that.
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It's not correct?

So why have you said that the antecedant is 'processes'?
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soheil1So why did you said that the antecedent is 'processes'?
Because it is. What I did not say, however, is that "the that-clause always modifies the nearest noun". In this case, the relative clause does describe the noun processes.

The sentence contains some errors that I overlooked.

The discussion sur
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Oh, sorry.
'The desired capabilities' is correct, new is redundant.
Aspara GusThe discussion surrounding the newly[?] desired capabilities of a new application can lead to a reassessment of current processes, workflow, and a distribution of tasks across staff and a decision to make changes in processes that extend well beyond the computer system.
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