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Qingqing Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

How to understand this sentence?

This crop does not do well in soils other than the one for which it has been specially developed.

I understand the phrase"not...other than", but I don't know what "the one","for which" and "it" refer to.
  

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"the one" refers to the soil. "it" refers to the crop "for which" is a connector to describe that the plant was developed for the soil.

  • "the one" refers to the soil.
  • "it" refers to the crop "for which" is a connector to describe that the plant was developed for the soil.
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"the one" refers to the soil.

"it" refers to the crop

"for which" is a connector to describe that the plant was developed for the soil.

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