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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which

Hi. In cases like the following, is clear that 'which' refers to 'the study', and not to X?

This can be seen in the study of sweet apples from Africa conducted by X, which captured a comprehensive figure of the issue.

Or it would be better to rewrite it like, for example:

This can be seen in the study of sweet apples from Africa conducted by X. The study captured a comprehensive figure of the issue.

Thank you!!!
  

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What is X? g. person, name of organisation) "comprehensive figure of the issue" does not sound right.

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What is X? (E.g. person, name of organisation)

"comprehensive figure of the issue" does not sound right. Perhaps you could say "comprehensive picture of the issue".
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Ok. Name. A person. Conducted by Silva, for example.
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If X is an individual person's name then "which" cannot refer to it.
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Ok. Thank you. Thinking too much. I was worried because of the distance between "study" and "which".
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