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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Antecedent of 'which'

You memorize things rather than understand things, the latter of which is recommended.

rather than=conjunction



Question: What is the antecedent of 'which' here?



(is it memorize things and understand things)?





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English 1b3 Question: What is the antecedent of 'which' here? Both memorization and understanding. the latter of which is recommended.

  • English 1b3 Question: What is the antecedent of 'which' here?
  • Both memorization and understanding.
  • the latter of which is recommended.
  • = ...
  • the second one of these two is recommended.
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English 1b3Question: What is the antecedent of 'which' here?
Both memorization and understanding.

... the latter of which is recommended. = ... the second one of these two is recommended.

CJ
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Thanks. Not sure why you changed them to nouns, since which can refer to verb phrases too. But this is unimportant.

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