How to analyze “we have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable
In the sentence “we have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable”, does “it” means “the subject” ?
Can we write this sentence like the following
We had discussed the subject in every light that the subject is capable of.
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I have to say that's quite an ill-conceived sentence. It really needs to be rewritten. As it stands, I get We have held the subject up in every light that the subject is capable of (being held).
- I have to say that's quite an ill-conceived sentence.
- It really needs to be rewritten.
- As it stands, I get We have held the subject up in every light that the subject is capable of (being held).
- But I believe the writer really wants We have held the subject up in every light that we are capable of holding it (=the subject) in.
- In either case there are too many prepositions flailing about, and the whole thing needs to be rethought and simplified.
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I have to say that's quite an ill-conceived sentence. It really needs to be rewritten.
As it stands, I get
We have held the subject up in every light that the subject is capable of (being held).
But I believe the writer really wants
We have held the subject up in every light that we are capable of holding it (=the subject) in.
In either case there a
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