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ESLBeginner Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

It has been ... which it has been...

"If this particular plan has been shut down, which it obviously has been, I hope they keep trying to change the layout of the park. "

Hello, I don't understand the grammar in the clause "which it obviously has been". I need your kind help:

  • at first, what is it the word "which" represent?
->if "which" = "this particular plan", why an "it" is added after "which"?

->so, "which" = "shut down" ?

Thank you in advance.
  

Top answer

Hello ESL, Yes, that's right: 1. If the plan has been shut down, which it obviously has been, I hope... = 2.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello ESL, Yes, that's right: 1.
  • If the plan has been shut down, which it obviously has been, I hope...
  • = 2.
  • If the plan has been shut down, [and] "shut down" it obviously has been, I hope...
  • Best wishes, MrP
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Hello ESL,

Yes, that's right:

1. If the plan has been shut down, which it obviously has been, I hope...

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2. If the plan has been shut down, [and] "shut down" it obviously has been, I hope...

Best wishes,

MrP
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Hi,

"If this particular plan has been shot down, which it obviously has been, I hope they keep trying to change the layout of the park. "

Hello, I don't understand the grammar in the clause "which it obviously has been". I need your kind help:

  • at first, what is it the word "which" represent? It refers to 'shot down'.
  • if "which" = "this particular plan",
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