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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
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Question on "Silence offers the vital element of privacy, without which an individual becomes something less than himself"
Silence offers the vital element of privacy, without which an individual becomes something less than himself
Is it grammatically correct to use "himself" to indicate "an individual" ?
If the author is a writer poor at writing correctly, can "which" be thought of as used to refer to "Silence", "the vital element", or "privacy" ?
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fire1 Is it grammatically correct to use "himself" to indicate "an individual" ? Yes. fire1 If the author is a writer poor at writing correctly, can "which" be thought of as used to refer to "Silence", "the vital element", or "privacy" ?
- fire1 Is it grammatically correct to use "himself" to indicate "an individual" ?
- Yes.
- fire1 If the author is a writer poor at writing correctly, can "which" be thought of as used to refer to "Silence", "the vital element", or "privacy" ?
- The antecedent is "the vital element of privacy", which means that the vital element IS privacy, that is, they are the same thing.
- The antecedent is not "silence".
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fire1Is it grammatically correct to use "himself" to indicate "an individual" ?
Yes.
fire1If the author is a writer poor at writing correctly,can "which" be thought of as used to refer to "Silence", "the vital element", or "privacy" ?
The antecedent is "the vital element of privacy", which means that th
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