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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The analyses of two abstruse sentences

This view of knowledge did not acknowledge a limited ability to know so much as it did a limited ability to teach. Some contributors to the Upanishads wrote that all they could do was stimulate thinking in others that would lead these others to acquire wisdom on their own. They described this search as an adventure on behalf of the human spirit. One contributor to the Upanishads wrote:
Into blind darkness enter they who worship ignorance;
Into darkness greater than that enter they who delight in knowledge.
[The Upanishads http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch05b-ind.htm]

1. I'd like to know how "they"s can be modified by the relative clauses.
2. I'd like to know if "that" indicates "blind darkness."
  

Top answer

htm ]1. 2. " They (= [those] people) who worship ignorance enter into blind darkness.

— Fivejedjon

  • htm ]1.
  • 2.
  • " They (= [those] people) who worship ignorance enter into blind darkness.
  • They (-=[those] people) who delight in knowledge enter into darkness greater than that (= blind darkness).
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park sang joonInto blind darkness enter they who worship ignorance; Into darkness greater than that enter they who delight in knowledge.[The Upanishads http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch05b-ind.htm ]1. I'd like to know how "they"s can be modified by the relative clauses.2. I'd like to know if "
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Thank you, fivejedjon for your another kind answer. Emotion: smile
I had been taught personal pronouns couldn't be modified.
So I'd like t
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park sang joonI had been taught personal pronouns couldn't be modified.
You were given incorrect information, though it is much less common than it used to be, as
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile
Then I'd like to know if I can take it that "they" is the only exception am
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No. 'They' is not an exception. There is no 'rule' to be an exception to.
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Thank you, fivejedjon, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile
Then I'd like to know if I can the following.
Whoever are you who are b
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park sang joonWhoever are you who are being kind to me?
I suppose it's grammatically possible, but I don't think anybody would ever say it. We are far more likely to say something like "Why are you being so kind to me when I don't even know you?" Note than in an earlier post I said that the use of personal pronouns with a relative pronoun was less common than
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