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Soheil1 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

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Hi
What does the underlined part mean?

But the ceremonies are not spontaneous expressions of feeling; they are all customary actions to which the sentiment of obligation attaches, which it is the duty of persons to perform on certain definite occasions.
Isn't it written mistakenly?
  

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No, it's correct. The underlined part is a relative clause modifying "customary actions", meaning that it is the duty of persons to perform the customary actions on certain definite occasions

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  • No, it's correct.
  • The underlined part is a relative clause modifying "customary actions", meaning that it is the duty of persons to perform the customary actions on certain definite occasions
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No, it's correct. The underlined part is a relative clause modifying "customary actions", meaning that

it is the duty of persons to perform the customary actions on certain definite occasions
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What does 'Which' refer to,then?
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soheil1What does 'Which' refer to,then?
"customary actions"
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That's a dummy "it", or possibly you could consider it a placeholder for "to perform (the customary actions) on certain definite occasions".
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soheil1and 'it'?
Nothing. It’s a dummy subject filling in for the extraposed subject to perform on certain definite occasions. The more basic (and less common) version of the clause is which to perform on certain definite occasions is the duty of persons.
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