Hanyang
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When I was reading a book, I found a sentence with a rather complicated structure:
“But any such claim should be made with the greatest care and reluctance, and only after a sincere and thorough attempt to understand what it is we object to in its own cultural context.” quoted from Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction by John Monaghan
Could the part after the comma be split into ‘only after an attempt to understand what it is in its own cultural context’ and ‘only after an attempt to understand what we object to’ ?
If so, what is the grammatical rule? If not, what does this sentence actually mean?
Thank you.
“But any such claim should be made with the greatest care and reluctance, and only after a sincere and thorough attempt to understand what it is we object to in its own cultural context.” quoted from Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction by John Monaghan
Could the part after the comma be split into ‘only after an attempt to understand what it is in its own cultural context’ and ‘only after an attempt to understand what we object to’ ?
If so, what is the grammatical rule? If not, what does this sentence actually mean?
Thank you.
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