Thursday, January 23, 2020

sentence construction - Do you use the phrase "that which" for the apposition?



The insect propagates best near "disturbed land," that which is being cultivated by humans.



I saw this type of sentence. Do you use this kind of syntax. Would it be possible that it is colloquial?


Some explain that "that" following "disturbed land," is the apposition and also the antecedent of the "which". I often see "that which" phrases but these did not have this apposition like structure.




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