Timeline for What does 'itself' refer to in the sentence?
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| Aug 4, 2022 at 18:30 | vote | accept | H.Li | ||
| Aug 2, 2022 at 14:43 | comment | added | Jeff Morrow | I have no problem with this answer, which I have upvoted. I am surprised, however, that no one has pointed out that nothing can be more massive than itself. While grammatically the referent of “itself” is ambigous, it is perfectly clear logically. Many grammatical ambiguities cause no confusion because one interpretation is logically meaningless. | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 14:26 | history | edited | swmcdonnell | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 2, 2022 at 14:18 | comment | added | H.Li | Thanks for everyone's sharing. I just updated the source article. | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 14:09 | comment | added | swmcdonnell | I updated my answer to be more comprehensive. | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 14:08 | history | edited | swmcdonnell | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 2, 2022 at 8:46 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Common sense suggests this interpretation - I must admit that it wouldn't have occurred to me that the sentence was ambiguous. | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 6:04 | comment | added | Brandin | Your explanation is not very convincing. The subject of the sentence seems to be "the tidal disruption of a Sun-like star". That's what the sentence is about. So why does itself not refer to the tidal disruption? | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 5:53 | history | answered | swmcdonnell | CC BY-SA 4.0 |