i have some sentence that i can't understand....?

Question

i am reading something in english..

there is some sentence that is ' i am a writer. it is so pleasent a profession that it is not surprising that a vast number of persons dopt it who have no qualifications for it'.

what i can't understand is 'who have no qualifications for it'.

originally, isn't ' a profession who have no qualifications for it adopt it ' in the sentence ?

if the sentence is right , give me the reson why 'who have~' is not at after persons and can be at after it.

can you understand what i said???...

acturally .... i asked this question yesterday... and people gave me the answers more... but i couldnt understand..
please give me other answers......
i just want to improve my english...

Answer 1

Both ways are correct, and there are something to be said for both of them.

The way you suggested, "... a vast number of persons who have no qualifications for it adopt it," is certainly correct and has the advantage of placing the modifying phrase, "who have no qualifications for it," next to the word "persons," which it modifies. That sentence structure is perfectly grammatical.

But the other way you quoted, " ... a vast number of persons adopt it who have no qualifications for it," is also correct, and it has the advantage of placing the verb (adopt) immediately after the subject (persons). This is the more common structure in English. Postponing the verb until the end of a sentence, as in "... a vast number of persons who have no ...." requires the reader to hold the first part of the sentence in memory, waiting till he gets to the end of the modifying phrase before he finds out what the action is.

I prefer putting the subject and verb close together.

The sentence structure in which they are separated, with the verb near the end of the sentence, is more like German sentence structure than English usage. Mark Twain remarked that German sentences were like diving into the Atlantic and coming up on the other side with a verb in your mouth.

It may be only a matter of preference, but I think typical readers are impatient to learn what the action is, as soon as you have named the actor; and that the action is more important than the phrase modifying the actor.

In support of that remark, note that the modifying phrase could be omitted from the sentence, but not the verb. That is, the sentence would still be meaningful if we said, " It is such a pleasant profession that it is not surprising that a vast number of persons adopt it"; however, we could not omit "adopt" or "adopt it" and still have a meaningful statement.

Answer 2

Okay, look at it this way.

First, ignore the second appearance of the word "that" and everything before it.

Overlooking the fact that you don't know what "it" is, you have a complete sentence, "A vast number of persons adopt it who have no qualifications for it."

So now look at just the part you ignored. "It is so pleasant a profession that it is not surprising that...."

This part is saying that "it" is a pleasant profession, and tells you it is about to give an example of how pleasant it is, and that's what the first part we looked at is.

A way to rewrite the sentence is "Writing is a nice job because you don't have to know what you're doing."

Answer 3

The sentence itself means that writing as a profession is something anyone can do, and it doesn't surprise the person writing this sentence that a lot of people "adopt" or take on this profession of writing. He also claims that most of the people who write really are not qualified to do so.

Answer 4

It means that writing is such a pleasant profession that it is no wonder why so many people try to do it even though they are not qualified . They are not good writers but they like the profession ( writing )
the sentence is just a play on words. It is like saying cooking is such a pleasant profession that is not surprising how many people claim they are good cooks even if they are not.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Ok, let me try to rewrite the sentence in simpler English.
"I am a writer. It is such a pleasant job that it is not surprising that a lot of people who are unable to write choose to do it."
Or like this "I am a writer. Writing is a pleasant job. So it is not surprising that many people who cannot write try to do it"

Answer 7

You are right, it should be "persons who have no qualifications for it adopt it "

Answer 8

'who have no qualifications for it'.

Means that this person isn't the right person for the job.

Answer 9

it is so nice being a writer that I understand why many people do it who in fact are not qualified to do it