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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Whereby

1. The means whereby he took his life.
What does it mean?!
2. The rule whereby it's not allowed to.
Is that incorrect?
If it's correct, what does it mean?

And thank you.
  

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You could paraphrase #1 as: The means by which he took his life. The means = tools or method. #2 is not grammatically correct.

— Doctor D

  • You could paraphrase #1 as: The means by which he took his life.
  • The means = tools or method.
  • #2 is not grammatically correct.
  • You could say: The rule whereby it is not allowed...
  • " A complete sentence would be something like: The rule whereby this is not allowed is an ancient one.
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You could paraphrase #1 as:
The means by which he took his life. The means = tools or method.

#2 is not grammatically correct.
You could say: The rule whereby it is not allowed... (OR The rule forbidding this.)
However, the thought is still incomplete as it lacks a verb matching the subject "rule."
A complete sentence would be something like:
The rule
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The rule whereby it's allowed means the rule by which something is allowed.
Am I right?
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JumanahThe rule whereby it's allowed means the rule by which something is allowed.Am I right?
Yes, you are.
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I saw a sentence written like that " I'm giving her a lot of homework of which there's one example"
Does "of which" mean "because of"
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I like the cat of which she was afraid.
Here, the usage of "of which" is clear to me.
But "I'm giving her a lot of homework of which there's one example"
Is not clear?
Can you please clarify more?!
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JumanahI like the cat of which she was afraid. Here, the usage of "of which" is clear to me.
But not to me; no one would use that.
JumanahBut "I'm giving her a lot of homework of which there's one example"Is not clear?
No, that is not clear.

Here's an example of the homework I'm giving her.
I like the
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I read this sentence.
"I'm always making extra stuff for my students, of which this is one example"
Is this unnatural?!
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We'd use 'of whom with 'students'.
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"I'm always making extra stuff for my students, of whom this is one example"
Is that correct?
But it doesn't make sense to me to say either "of whom" or "of which"
What do you think?
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