What the velocity was...
"We tracked how these systems were moving in our galaxy - so, figured out their velocities today, moved back in time, and tried to understand what the velocity was of the system when it was born, individually for each of these 16 systems," Atri explained.
I see what the velocity was of the system when it was born as an indirect question in the paragraph above. And its direct counterpart is what was the velocity of the system when it was born?. I understand that when it was born is the adjuct of time and modifier in the NP the system when it was born (it modifies the head system). I also see the system as an antecedent of the pronoun "it" in when it was born.
Am I correct?
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anonymous I see what the velocity was of the system when it was born as an indirect question in the paragraph above. I see it as an inversion of "what the velocity of the system was when it was born". Writer's choice.
- anonymous I see what the velocity was of the system when it was born as an indirect question in the paragraph above.
- I see it as an inversion of "what the velocity of the system was when it was born".
- Writer's choice.
- It keeps the noun together.
- He probably thought it was better than my version, and it is certainly much better than keeping the whole noun together in "what the velocity of the system when it was born was".
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anonymousI see what the velocity was of the system when it was born as an indirect question in the paragraph above.
I see it as an inversion of "what the velocity of the system was when it was born". Writer's choice. It keeps the noun together. He probably thought it was better than my version, and it is certainly much better than keeping the whole noun tog
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