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Strategies to answer the questions

Words Strategies to find the words it Answers
refers to

which To find the phrases that the the idea of evolution
word ‘which’ refers to, analyze the

sentence ‘The idea of evolution (which
is gradual change) was not a new one.’

The word ‘which’ refers to the
subject of the sentence.

One To get the phrases that the word idea

‘one’ refers to, analyze the sentence
‘The idea of evolution (which is gradual
change) was not a new one.’

The word ‘one’ refers to the main

subject of the sentence.
It To obtain the phrases that the the idea of evolution

word ‘it’ refers to, read the sentence
‘The idea of evolution (which is gradual

change) was not a new one. The
Greeks had thought of it, so had

Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of
Charles, and also the Frenchman,

Lamarck.’
The word ‘it’ refers to the subject

of the first sentence.
It To see the phrases that the word to have an idea

‘it’ refers to, check the sentence ‘It is
one thing to have an idea; we can all of

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