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Styjoy Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What does "which" here refer to?
Please help me understand the following sentence:
"But he was fully aware that it(biography) was, to a significant degree, wrapped in the Judeo-Christian tradition, mixed up with classical elements and corrupted by the pressures of the 16th-century Reformation, of which 19th-century evangelicalism was one outcome."
What does "which" in the last clause refer to? Why? Please give me a explanation. Thank you.
"But he was fully aware that it(biography) was, to a significant degree, wrapped in the Judeo-Christian tradition, mixed up with classical elements and corrupted by the pressures of the 16th-century Reformation, of which 19th-century evangelicalism was one outcome."
What does "which" in the last clause refer to? Why? Please give me a explanation. Thank you.
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" What does "which" in the last clause refer to? Why? Please give me a explanation.
- " What does "which" in the last clause refer to?
- Why?
- Please give me a explanation.
- I'd say it's unclear.
- It seems pointless to me to debate such sentences purely in terms of grammar, because you never really know if the writer intended to follow such rules.
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Hi,
Please help me to understand the following sentence:
"But he was fully aware that it(biography) was, to a significant degree, wrapped in the Judeo-Christian tradition, mixed up with classical elements and corrupted by the pressures of the 16th-century Reformation, of which 19th-century evangelicalism was one outcome."
What does "which" in the last clause refer to?
Please help me to understand the following sentence:
"But he was fully aware that it(biography) was, to a significant degree, wrapped in the Judeo-Christian tradition, mixed up with classical elements and corrupted by the pressures of the 16th-century Reformation, of which 19th-century evangelicalism was one outcome."
What does "which" in the last clause refer to?
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So the comma before the last clause makes no difference, does it?
Could you assume the writer followed the rule?
What the writer was intended to say is too complicated for me ,for I have no idea about evangelicalism.
Thank you.
Could you assume the writer followed the rule?
What the writer was intended to say is too complicated for me ,for I have no idea about evangelicalism.
Thank you.
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Hi,
If there were no comma, 'which' would refer to Reformation.
But my basic point is this.
Are you sure that the writer thought carefully before placing a comma?
Are you sure that he thought carefully about his grammar?
I have my doubts, because I don't see it as a well-written sentence.
Clive
If there were no comma, 'which' would refer to Reformation.
But my basic point is this.
Are you sure that the writer thought carefully before placing a comma?
Are you sure that he thought carefully about his grammar?
I have my doubts, because I don't see it as a well-written sentence.
Clive
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