Almost every chinese who works at an iPhone manifacture in China usually uses a china-produced phone, which is way cheaper.
I just want to make sure if my understanding especially about the non-restrictive use of the relative clause in the sentence above is correct.
What I understand about it is “china-produced phones are generally (or usually or most of the times or all the times) way cheaper than iPhones.”
Do I understand correct?
Thank you!
Answer
The pronoun is ambiguous. Which could be referring to:
- phones produced in China,
- an iPhone manufacturer in China that uses phones produced in China, or
- Chinese workers at iPhone manufacturers in China who use phones produced in China.
It could be referring to the phones themselves, or it could be referring to the cost of the labour.
In fact, it’s also not clear if usually uses is referring to the manufacturer or every Chinese worker at the manufacturer.
Nor is it clear if there is only a single, specific manufacturer or if the sentence is talking about manufacturers in general.
In short, not only is which ambiguous, but so are other parts of the sentence. This makes it impossible to say exactly what is being said.
We can say that something is cheaper somewhere, and it involves phones produced in China, but that’s all we can interpret from the individual sentence as it’s written.
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Source : Link , Question Author : TomTomTom , Answer Author : Jason Bassford