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Original: -ant also occurs in adjectives, many of which are formed from stems which are not current words in English.

Would you please tell me if I have properly rephrased the above sentence? and what does many refer to?

-ant also occurs in adjectives many of which are formed from stems which are not current words in English.

In addition, would you possibly write the bold part in another form?

-ant also occurs in adjectives, many of which are formed from stems which are not current words in English.

Thanks in advance

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  • many of which refers to adjectives
    – Dust_In_The_Wind
    Commented Aug 16, 2014 at 10:49

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The rewrite without the comma: don't do it. The comma should be there. Many of which refers to adjectives.

As for your second question:

-ant also occurs in adjectives. Many of these adjectives are formed from stems which are not current words in English.

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  • ant also occurs in adjectives, of which many are formed from stems which are not current words in English. is this also possible?
    – nima
    Commented Aug 16, 2014 at 12:21
  • what about this?-ant also occurs in adjectives, whose many are formed from stems which are not current words in English.
    – nima
    Commented Aug 16, 2014 at 12:23
  • of which many is possible, but less idiomatic. Whose many is simply wrong. Even if you could use whose, the question is whose many what? are formed. You're missing a subject in your sentence then.
    – oerkelens
    Commented Aug 16, 2014 at 13:47

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