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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 10 years ago
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How can I understand this "in which industry"?

How can I understand this "in which industry"?

This is from by textbook:
"Her well-indented coast line provides many harbors, and facilities for shipbuilding, in which industry she is among the world's leaders."

I can't figure out how to understand "in which industry".
Could you tell me, please?
  

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Takehisa Tanaka can't figure out how to understand "in which industry". shipbuilding, in which industry she is among the world's leaders. = She is a world leader in the shipbuilding industry.

  • Takehisa Tanaka can't figure out how to understand "in which industry".
  • shipbuilding, in which industry she is among the world's leaders.
  • = She is a world leader in the shipbuilding industry.
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Takehisa Tanaka can't figure out how to understand "in which industry".
...shipbuilding, in which industry she is among the world's leaders.

= She is a world leader in the shipbuilding industry.
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It refers here to shipbuilding. In which is sometimes used in this way to mean in the thing just mentioned. It saves having to write a new sentence, which may sound awkward and repetitive, to give more information about the matter. Compare:
Her well-indented coast line provides many harbors, and facilities for shipbuilding. She is among the world le

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