Relative which
"If fusion is commercialized, which backers say could happen in a decade or more, it would have additional benefits including the generation of virtually carbon-free electricity which could help in the fight against climate change without the amounts of radioactive nuclear waste produced by today's fission reactors."
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Is the relative "which" both an object of the verb "say" and subject followed by the predicate "could happen in a decade or more"? Or, is "backers say" an adjunct in the relative clause "which backers say could happen in a decade or more"?
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anonymous If fusion is commercialized, which backers say could happen in a decade or more, ... Consider these: If fusion is commercialized, an eventuality which, according to backers, could happen in a decade or more, ... Backers say [that the eventuality that fusion will be commercialized could happen in a decade or more].
- anonymous If fusion is commercialized, which backers say could happen in a decade or more, ...
- Consider these: If fusion is commercialized, an eventuality which, according to backers, could happen in a decade or more, ...
- Backers say [that the eventuality that fusion will be commercialized could happen in a decade or more].
- The bracketed portion is a content clause which is the complement of say .
- , it's the antecedent of which .
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anonymousIf fusion is commercialized, which backers say could happen in a decade or more, ...
Consider these:
If fusion is commercialized, an eventuality which, according to backers, could happen in a decade or more, ...
Backers say [that the eventuality that fusion will be commercialized could happen in a decade or more].
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