Which view?

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Hi. Please tell me if the underlined part with the phrase "which view" is correct.Many saw if fit to give more financial support to the poor, which view is supported by John Doe.

GPY · Accepted Answer

Yes, it is correct. It is a formal style that is not tremendously common.

It should presumably read "Many saw it fit ..."

Clive · Answer

The idiom is a person sees fit to do something.
eg Mary saw fit to cook dinner.
It is a formal and fancy way to say
Mary decided that cooking dinner was the right thing to do, so she did it.

However, because it is formal and fancy, it is usually used for unusual and important events.
eg Britain saw fit to declare war on Germany.
eg Mary saw fit to divorce her husband after 60 years of happy marriage.

I'd write your sentence thus.
Many saw fit to give more financial support to the poor, which action was supported by John Doe.

. . . which action was supported by John Doe. Again, this is OK but rather formal and fancy. It means
and John Doe supported this action.

Clive

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