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Stenka25 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

relative adverb

In the following sentence, there is no conj. before "it bends."
In this case what is left out before "it bends"?
Is it 'that' which is 'at which'? (at which = at the angle)
Can you tell me whether I am right or not?

* Upon exiting the water, the light bends outward at the same angle it bends when it enters the water.
  

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Upon exiting the water, the light bends outward at the same angle when it enters the water. In this version, the conjunction is ‘when’ . You may rewrite the sentence thus: Upon exiting the water, the angle at which the light bends outward is the same as it enters the water.

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  • Upon exiting the water, the light bends outward at the same angle when it enters the water.
  • In this version, the conjunction is ‘when’ .
  • You may rewrite the sentence thus: Upon exiting the water, the angle at which the light bends outward is the same as it enters the water.
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Upon exiting the water, the light bends outward at the same angle when it enters the water. In this version, the conjunction is ‘when’.

You may rewrite the sentence thus: Upon exiting the water, the angle at which the light bends outward is the same as it enters the water.
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You're right. If you want a very detailed version of it, you have

... bends outward at the same angle as that angle at which it bends when it enters ...

It bends outward at angle X when it exits.
It bends (inward) at angle X when it enters.

The entering angle is the same (angle) as the exiting angle.

CJ
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What about this?

Upon exiting the water, the light bends outward at the same angle at which it bends upon entering the water.

I guess that the above will make the sentence more parallel.
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What about this?

Upon exiting the water, the light bends outward at the same angle at which it bends upon entering the water.
Yes. That's fine, too.

CJ
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