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Kilimanjaro Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
antecedent problem in relative clauses
1 b 00 1. " 01 font 00 The largest magnet 02 font 00 known to mankind has been built in the UK 01 font 00 which 02 font 00 is 00 currently the world's most powerful collider." 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 2. " 01 font 00 The largest magnet which 02 font 00 is currently the world's most powerful collider 00 known to mankind has been built in the UK" 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 The first sentence is not a sentential relative clause as there is no comma before "which". Supposedly the "which"in the first sentence is intended to refer back to "The largest magnet" at the initial. I 've witnessed a multitudinous relative clause structures formed as in the first example. But sometimes this causes trouble. For example, in the first sentence: if another noun rather than "the UK" had preceeded "which", I 'd have been not be able to understand that the "which" defined "The largest magnet". Can you please come up with some other samples and information on how to differentiate between the distant relative clauses (far from their antecedent) in "Non-sentential" defining clauses. Can you explain the reason why and the way how to differentiate. 02 b 0-
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01 b 00 2. " 01 font 00 The largest magnet which 02 font 00 is currently the world's most powerful collider 00 known to mankind has been built in the UK" 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 The first sentence is not a sentential relative clause as there is no comma before "which". Supposedly the "which"in the first sentence is intended to refer back to "The largest magnet" at the initial. I 've witnessed a multitudinous relative clause structures formed as in the first example. But sometimes this causes trouble. For example, in the first sentence: if another noun rather than "the UK" had preceeded "which", I 'd have been not be able to understand that the "which" defined "The largest magnet". Can you please come up with some other samples and information on how to differentiate between the distant relative clauses (far from their antecedent) in "Non-sentential" defining clauses. Can you explain the reason why and the way how to differentiate. 02 b 0-
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0 I myself must rely on common sense and context in order to decide such referrents. 0-
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0 I myself must rely on common sense and context in order to decide such referrents. And in such cases, a curse toward the composer is little satisfaction. 0-
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