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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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double relative clause?
I have a question about the following sentence.
“They also contribute by offering multifaceted perspectives and by inputting innovate ideas that contribute to the development of products we had never thought of before.”
I think a relative pronoun "which" or "that" can be put before "we had never thought of before," and the sentence has two relative clauses, "that contribute to the development of products" and "(which / that) we had never thought of before."
If so, does the sentence have the double relative clause modifying the same words "innovate ideas," or does the second clause "(which / that) we had never thought of before" only modify "products"?
Thank you.
“They also contribute by offering multifaceted perspectives and by inputting innovate ideas that contribute to the development of products we had never thought of before.”
I think a relative pronoun "which" or "that" can be put before "we had never thought of before," and the sentence has two relative clauses, "that contribute to the development of products" and "(which / that) we had never thought of before."
If so, does the sentence have the double relative clause modifying the same words "innovate ideas," or does the second clause "(which / that) we had never thought of before" only modify "products"?
Thank you.
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Anonymous I think a relative pronoun "which" or "that" can be put before "we had never thought of before," Right. " Right. Anonymous "innovate ideas That is a misprint or an error.
- Anonymous I think a relative pronoun "which" or "that" can be put before "we had never thought of before," Right.
- " Right.
- Anonymous "innovate ideas That is a misprint or an error.
- It should read 'innovative ideas'.
- Anonymous does the second clause "(which / that) we had never thought of before" only modify "products"?
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AnonymousI think a relative pronoun "which" or "that" can be put before "we had never thought of before,"Right.
Anonymousand the sentence has two relative clauses, "that contribute to the development of products" and "(which / that) we had never thought of before."Right.
Anonymous"innovate ideas
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I'm sorry. My mistake. Yes, "innovative ideas".
I thought "think of" could be connected with "ideas".
Thank you for your reply.
I thought "think of" could be connected with "ideas".
Thank you for your reply.
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AnonymousI thought "think of" could be connected with "ideas".No. That would require "and that" thus:
They also contribute by offering multifaceted perspectives and by inputting innovative ideas that contribute to the development of products and that we had never thought of before.
CJ
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Thank you for your reply.
So the sentence actually means:
It seems that they did al
So the sentence actually means:
- They input innovative ideas that contribute to the development of products.
- We had never thought of before the products. (They thought of the products.)
It seems that they did al
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They also contribute by offering multifaceted perspectives and by inputting innovative ideas that contribute to the development of products we had never thought of before.
1. They offer multifaceted perspectives.
2. They input innovative ideas.
What kind
AnonymousSo the sentence actually means: ...They also contribute. How do they contribute?
1. They offer multifaceted perspectives.
2. They input innovative ideas.
What kind
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I understand.
Actually, "they" means foreign workers and "we" means native and non-foreign workers in the context.
So I thought that if "we had never thought of those products before," they had, but that't not necessarily so?
Sorry for troubling you and thank you.
Actually, "they" means foreign workers and "we" means native and non-foreign workers in the context.
So I thought that if "we had never thought of those products before," they had, but that't not necessarily so?
Sorry for troubling you and thank you.
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AnonymousSo I thought that if "we had never thought of those products before," they hadNo. "never" is "not ever"; it's a negative. We had never thought of those products before means "we" (the native and non-foreign workers) had not thought of those products at any time before.
CJ
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