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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

For the exten to which ?

Please look at this following sentence.

The extent to which Dr. Tadasho Sinclair will be involved in the Petrochemical research division is yet to be determined.

I want to know about identify of "which used in the above. It doesn't like a relative pronoun neither interrogative pronoun.
It just looks " the fact that" or "what".
I mean, it should be " The extent to the fact that Dr. Tadasho Sinclair will be involved in the Petrochemical research division"

Couldn't you please a little bit explain this "which" to me ?

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

The extent to which = how much. Is this enough for you? It's basically a fixed phrase.

— Philip

  • The extent to which = how much.
  • Is this enough for you?
  • It's basically a fixed phrase.
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6 Answers
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The extent to which = how much. Is this enough for you? It's basically a fixed phrase.
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Ah~ It is the same as "what extent". Thank you so much,Mr.Philip.
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Hello. I am not a native speaker, but it looks like a relative pronoun to me. "Which" here seems to me to make a reference to "extent". "extent" is in the main clause functioning as direct object. The whole subordinate clause, from "to which" to " "division" functioning as a modifier (perhaps) of the extent ,and the whole thing is the subject. "To which" would be functioing as an Averbial, meanin
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Even though you are not a native speaker, I respect your opinion. You can express your opinion without any hesitation. By the way, Do you mean like this ?

" The extent to the Petrochemical research division which Dr. Tadasho Sinclair will be involved in is yet to be determined."

In fact, I'm not sure whether its meaning is like this or like that.
It will not yet be determined
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In my opinion I think it is something like the second option, since the subject (sntactly speaking) or if you analyze it from discourse perspective the theme, or what we are talking about is the whole NP/DP which is the whole thing from the extent to division. I think the sentence meaning is: a external agent which is not specified by the sentnece (it is impersonal), has not decided yet how much w
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Your explanation sounds to answer my question. I want to 100% get your opinion. Thank you so much.
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