Use of "For" & relative clause

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Hi, I'm a non-native speaker and quite confused with the following sentence:

For consciousness is highly mobile and is able to use a variety of locations in the body through which to process the information we receive from the world.

1) Is it grammatically acceptable to use 'for' like this? This sentence is clearly not an answer to another question, so it looks somewhat awkward without a comma or another clause.

2) Relative clause and to-infinitive are used adjacent, but is this usage allowed?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

AnonymousFor consciousness is highly mobile and is able to use a variety of locations in the body through which to process the information we receive from the world.
1) Is it grammatically acceptable to use 'for' like this? This sentence is clearly not an answer to another question, so it looks somewhat awkward without a comma or another clause.

'for' is fine. It means 'because'. It doesn't make sense, however, if it's the first sentence in the article. As you say, it has to relate to something in the preceding text.

Anonymous2) Relative clause and to-infinitive are used adjacent, but is this usage allowed?

It is allowed.

locations through which to process information
examples on which to base your work
a method by which to decide

You can paraphrase by changing 'to' to 'one can': locations through which one can process information, etc.

CJ

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