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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

By which

Prepositions and prepositional phrases are important elements of written English because they present a method by which a writer can show relationships between different ideas and make their communications more exact and specific.
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What is the grammatical form and function of "which" and what does it refer to or represent?
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It's a relative pronoun functioning as Complement of the preposition "by". Edit: you asked what "which" referred to; it refers to "method".

— BillJ

  • It's a relative pronoun functioning as Complement of the preposition "by".
  • Edit: you asked what "which" referred to; it refers to "method".
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It's a relative pronoun functioning as Complement of the preposition "by".


Edit: you asked what "which" referred to; it refers to "method".

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Jigneshbharatiwhat does it refer to or represent?

The antecedent of 'which' is 'method'.

CJ

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