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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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which or what
Will there be more replicas like that of Lascaux? There already are. Heritage theme parks are springing up everywhere....While these replicas have helped preserve the originals, the reverence for ___ they represent hasbeen lost and can hardly be retrieved.
This excerpt is from a text for high school kids here. Which fits better in the blank, which or what? And why? Thanks.
This excerpt is from a text for high school kids here. Which fits better in the blank, which or what? And why? Thanks.
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What . Otherwise, you must use 'that which ': reverence for what / that which they represent . Which alone cannot be the object of represent .
- What .
- Otherwise, you must use 'that which ': reverence for what / that which they represent .
- Which alone cannot be the object of represent .
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What. Otherwise, you must use 'that which': reverence for what / that which they represent. Which alone cannot be the object of represent.
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Thank you, Mister Micawber, for your answer.
But I still have some doubt, that is, could I rewrite the base sentence as the following without changing its meaning?
While these replicas have helped preserve the originals, the reverence which they represent for has been lost and can hardly be retrieved.
If yes, then I think which fits better here. What
But I still have some doubt, that is, could I rewrite the base sentence as the following without changing its meaning?
While these replicas have helped preserve the originals, the reverence which they represent for has been lost and can hardly be retrieved.
If yes, then I think which fits better here. What
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