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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
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More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
Guys,
What does "more than all the North American Great Lakes combined" modify?
Guys,
What does "more than all the North American Great Lakes combined" modify?
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pokh More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which (=Siberia's Lake Baikal) holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, (which (=Siberia's Lake Baikal) holds) more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. "More than all the North American Great Lakes combined" is the compliment of "which holds", so I wonder it doesn't modify anything. If I have to specify what is modified, I would say, it is the verb "holds".
- pokh More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which (=Siberia's Lake Baikal) holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, (which (=Siberia's Lake Baikal) holds) more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
- "More than all the North American Great Lakes combined" is the compliment of "which holds", so I wonder it doesn't modify anything.
- If I have to specify what is modified, I would say, it is the verb "holds".
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pokhMore than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which (=Siberia's Lake Baikal) holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, (which (=Siberia's Lake Baikal) holds) more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
"More than all the North American Great Lakes combined" is the compliment of "which holds", so I wonder it doesn't modify anyt
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I don't think it exactly modifies anything. It is more accurate to say that it is a predication of something. It is an explanation of what "20 percent of the world's fresh water" amounts to.
... holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water,
[which is / and that is ] more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
In other words, t
... holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water,
[which is / and that is ] more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
In other words, t
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