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Soheil1 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The subject?!

Hi. where is the subject in:

;SGPP was an intermediate case between centers whose collaboration graph was connected and those for which it was
fragmented into many small components.

?What does the underlined "it" refer to?

Thanks in advance
  

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soheil1where is the subject
SSGP
soheil1What does the underlined "it" refer to?
SSGP
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My grammar knowledge says whose is referring to centers, am I right?
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Your grammar knowledge has served you well.
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So how can its verb be 'was'?
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"SGPP" is the subject of the first "was."

"(Whose) collaboration graph" appears to be the subject of the second "was" and the antecedent of "it."

SGPP was an intermediate case between centers whose collaboration graph was connected and those for which (= centers for which) it (= the collaboration graph) was fragmented into many small components.
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So it means SGPP's graph was fragmented for research centers who had connected graphs?
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No. Read ozzourti's post again.
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soheil1So it means SGPP's graph was fragmented for research centers who had connected graphs?
No. It means that there were centers for which the collaboration graph was connected and centers for which the collaboration graph was fragmented. SGPP's graph was an intermediate case between those two types.
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