Timeline for Wh clause in English
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| Jan 18, 2019 at 4:06 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Dec 14, 2017 at 5:14 | comment | added | Andrew | @stangdon You may be right. To me logically if the Earth is doing the motion then it would be the one getting tired, and I guess because of the otherwise incorrect grammar I was reading between the lines. | |
| Dec 14, 2017 at 2:35 | answer | added | smatterer | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 13, 2017 at 23:54 | comment | added | stangdon | @Andrew - Can you explain how which could refer to the Earth here? To me, it could only possibly refer to the Sun. In a sentence like "X does Y, which Z", which Z can only refer to Y or the act itself, but it couldn't possibly refer to X. | |
| Dec 13, 2017 at 22:09 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 13, 2017 at 21:52 | comment | added | Andrew | As Lambie mentions your example is not grammatically correct, but in relation to your question, there is not enough context to tell whether "which" refers to the Earth or the Sun. It could be either. Logically, since the Earth is the one moving, it's more likely to "get tired" but that's just a guess. | |
| Dec 13, 2017 at 21:49 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 13, 2017 at 19:39 | comment | added | Lambie | Your sentences are not grammatical. So....Often, Indian English uses continuous instead of simple present. The Earth revolves around the Sun, which is not getting tired. Which refers to the Sun. Please note the question form in English: Does "which" refer to the Earth or the Sun? | |
| Dec 13, 2017 at 19:23 | history | asked | Sunil K | CC BY-SA 3.0 |