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Jasonkhlim Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which as relative clause

Hello,
I saw a line in a TV show.
''you sold him out because you wanted to work in the brain of a tyrannosaurus, which, incidentally, if you knew anything about dinosaurs, is really, really small.''

In this phrase, ''which'' refers to brain, right?
But ''which, incidentally, if you knew anything about dinosaurs'' this phrase has nothing to do with the ''which''.

And ''is really, really small'' doesn't seem to have anything to do with ''if you knew anything about dinosaurs''

Unless,
''you sold him out because you wanted to work in the brain of a tyrannosaurus, which is really, really small.''

Could anyone please explain to me?
  

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'' Correct. "incidentally, if you knew anything about dinosaurs" is a parenthetical insertion.

— GPY

  • '' Correct.
  • "incidentally, if you knew anything about dinosaurs" is a parenthetical insertion.
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jasonkhlimUnless,''you sold him out because you wanted to work in the brain of a tyrannosaurus, which is really, really small.''
Correct. "incidentally, if you knew anything about dinosaurs" is a parenthetical insertion.
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GPY jasonkhlimUnless,''you sold him out because you wanted to work in the brain of a tyrannosaurus, which is really, really small.''Correct. "incidentally, if you knew anything about dinosaurs" is a parenthetical insertion.
So does it mean if I add ''incidentally'' after ''which'', I can add anything, which has nothing to do with the noun phrase in the first p
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jasonkhlimExample: ''She is very arrogant, which, incidentally, I don't think she has a flexible personality.''
This one doesn't work. There is no conclusion to "which ...", and no connection between "I don't think ..." and what precedes it.
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Opps...Could you please give me an example by using which, incidentally in relative clause? So that I can understand more clearly.
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jasonkhlimOpps...Could you please give me an example by using which, incidentally in relative clause?
Well, the original sentence is such an example.
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