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Sinbadsunny Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Which of/ of which

What is the highest form of achievement of which a man as man is capable?

I figure in the above the word "which" refers to "the highest form of achievement", but why did the writer say "of which a man" to mean "the achievement of a man", rather than "which of a man"?

  

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a man (as man) is capable of (this achievement) > achievement which a man is capable of OR achievement of which a man is capable CJ

  • a man (as man) is capable of (this achievement) > achievement which a man is capable of OR achievement of which a man is capable CJ
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a man (as man) is capable of (this achievement)
>
achievement which a man is capable of
OR
achievement of which a man is capable

CJ

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