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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Whereby
Could you please tell me the usage of "whereby"?
Mechanisms develop whereby every successful species can _____ its innate capacity for population growth with the constraints that arise through its interactions with the natural environment.
A. enhance
B. replace
C. produce
D. surpass
E. reconcile
Is the boldfaced "phrase" grammatically wrong? I see two main verbs there.
Your help would be highly appreciated.
Mechanisms develop whereby every successful species can _____ its innate capacity for population growth with the constraints that arise through its interactions with the natural environment.
A. enhance
B. replace
C. produce
D. surpass
E. reconcile
Is the boldfaced "phrase" grammatically wrong? I see two main verbs there.
Your help would be highly appreciated.
Top answer
Dear Jeff_999, It is a relative. It means «by or through which». Kind regards, Goldmund
- Dear Jeff_999, It is a relative.
- It means «by or through which».
- Kind regards, Goldmund
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Dear Jeff_999,
It is a relative. It means «by or through which».
Kind regards,
Goldmund
It is a relative. It means «by or through which».
Kind regards,
Goldmund
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Thank you so much! So it can be used as a relative pronoun.
So in that sentence, "mechanisms" is a subject, "develop" i
So it can be used as a relative pronoun.So in that sentence, "mechanisms" is a subject, "develop" i
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Hello Jeff
You can think of it like this:
'Mechanisms – by which every successful species can reconcile its innate etc. – develop..."
So the 'which' relates to 'mechanisms'.
MrP
You can think of it like this:
'Mechanisms – by which every successful species can reconcile its innate etc. – develop..."
So the 'which' relates to 'mechanisms'.
MrP
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