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Stenka25 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What do these pronouns represent?
In the below paragraph, I am wondering what the two underlined pronouns - one relative pronoun precisely - refer to.
The auditory system had filled in the missing speech information, so that the sentence seemed uninterrupted. Most people reported that there was static and that it existed apart from the spoken sentence. The static and the sentence formed separate perceptual streams due to differences in the quality of sound that caused them to group separately.
Let me tell you what I think first.
'That' could refer to ? separate perceptual streams, or ? differences.
But I'm not sure which 'that' refers to definitely.
And the more tricky one.
'Them' could mean 'people' in a sense, but it seems 'them' could also refer to 'the static and the sentence.'
HELP ME!!
The auditory system had filled in the missing speech information, so that the sentence seemed uninterrupted. Most people reported that there was static and that it existed apart from the spoken sentence. The static and the sentence formed separate perceptual streams due to differences in the quality of sound that caused them to group separately.
Let me tell you what I think first.
'That' could refer to ? separate perceptual streams, or ? differences.
But I'm not sure which 'that' refers to definitely.
And the more tricky one.
'Them' could mean 'people' in a sense, but it seems 'them' could also refer to 'the static and the sentence.'
HELP ME!!
Top answer
that is a relative pronoun refering to sound them is a direct object of caused (probably refering to "separate perceptual streams" Not being versed in the technology involved, this is my best guess.
- that is a relative pronoun refering to sound them is a direct object of caused (probably refering to "separate perceptual streams" Not being versed in the technology involved, this is my best guess.
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that is a relative pronoun refering to sound
them is a direct object of caused (probably refering to "separate perceptual streams"
Not being versed in the technology involved, this is my best guess.
them is a direct object of caused (probably refering to "separate perceptual streams"
Not being versed in the technology involved, this is my best guess.
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