Which they say is shown by the lines on your hand
In the COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary, it says:
fortune n.
When someone tells your fortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand.
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What does 'which' refer to? Does it refer to 'future'?
Would you be so kind as to help me?
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PS I also posted the same question on https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/253573-which-they-say-is-shown-by-the-lines-on-your-hand?p=1345100#post1345100, but all of your answers are unique to me. Hope we can discuss with each other. Thank you.
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Hi Kadioguy The response you received from the other site illustrates my problem with the sentence. When someone reads your palm, they do not say "this shows what I think will happen to you in the future". They believe that the lines actually show your future.
- Hi Kadioguy The response you received from the other site illustrates my problem with the sentence.
- When someone reads your palm, they do not say "this shows what I think will happen to you in the future".
- They believe that the lines actually show your future.
- The 'they think' gets in the way of the sentence construction So, I'm inclined to agree that 'which' can only reach as far back as 'future', and not the whole phrase.
- Or maybe the sentence should be recast, but I'm not sure how that would go Dave
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Hi Kadioguy
The response you received from the other site illustrates my problem with the sentence. When someone reads your palm, they do not say "this shows what I think will happen to you in the future". They believe that the lines actually show your future. The 'they think' gets in the way of the sentence construction
So, I'm inclined to agree that 'which' can only reach as far
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