seeking help with referent of "sie" in a sentence
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seeking help with referent of "sie" in a sentence
I guess "sie" below must refer to "Ursache," since that is the only feminine noun I detect -- so the sentence seems to be saying that "the cause is in addition a symptom... " Correct?
Das Primat des Militärischen gegenüber dem Politischen stellt somit für Karl auf deutscher Seite die unmittelbare Ursache für den Kriegsausbruch dar; sie ist darüber hinaus Symptom für "das eigentlich Maßgebende"...
Thank you for any assistance.
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Re: seeking help with referent of "sie" in a sentence
Yes, unless that's a mistake.
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
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Re: seeking help with referent of "sie" in a sentence
Thanks tiorthan.
And the reason the possibility of a mistake with "sie" occurs to you, I guess, is that "ist darüber hinaus" seems like it should refer to Primat, true?
And the reason the possibility of a mistake with "sie" occurs to you, I guess, is that "ist darüber hinaus" seems like it should refer to Primat, true?
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Re: seeking help with referent of "sie" in a sentence
Not because it sounds like it should. It's just that Primat is the only other word that could be referenced in any sensible way.
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