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Tashiro Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Interpretation of English sentence
Hi, teachers. Please help me.
"While Kan is so far the only declared candidate for the election, campaigning for which will start Sept 1, there is growing speculation that some factions could attempt to block his reelection."
I guess the antecedent of "which" is "election" and that the relative clause is the objective of the participial phrase, "campaigning for". Is that right?
"While Kan is so far the only declared candidate for the election, campaigning for which will start Sept 1, there is growing speculation that some factions could attempt to block his reelection."
I guess the antecedent of "which" is "election" and that the relative clause is the objective of the participial phrase, "campaigning for". Is that right?
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tashiro I guess the antecedent of "which" is "election" You guess right. tashiro the relative clause is the objective of the participial phrase, "campaigning for" No. Relative clauses can't be objects; they are always adjectival.
- tashiro I guess the antecedent of "which" is "election" You guess right.
- tashiro the relative clause is the objective of the participial phrase, "campaigning for" No.
- Relative clauses can't be objects; they are always adjectival.
- Here "campaigning for" is part of the relative clause.
- The whole clause is campaigning for which will start Sept.
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tashiroI guess the antecedent of "which" is "election"You guess right.
tashirothe relative clause is the objective of the participial phrase, "campaigning for"No. Relative clauses can't be objects; they are always adjectival. Here "campaigning for" is part of the relative clause. The whole clause is
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