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We expect that the user will find the examples interesting and sometimes unusual. They occasionally contain difficult words and phrases and they may sometimes illustrate uses and senses which seem slightly different from the explanations. This is because the examples in this dictionary give independent information about the language, sometimes extending what it is possible to write into the explanation.

What is the object of the verb extend and the object of the verb write?

i.e., It is possible to write what into the explanation.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

anonymous~~What is~~ Is "what" the object of the verb "extend" and the object of the verb "write"?

Questions require subject-verb inversion. Quote words you are mentioning ("what"), or put them in italics (what).

what is a fused relative. It's a combination of that (thing) and which.

... extending that thing which it is possible to write into the explanation.

Once the components are separated, you have the relative clause which it is possible to write into the explanation. The antecedent of which is that (thing). that (thing) is the direct object of extend. which is the direct object of write.

So, though you analyzed it in less detail, you are right.

CJ

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