English Language & Usage Asked by sho on November 28, 2020
I have a difficult time to analyse "it" as the true/logical subject or preparatory subject in a article, like this sentence:
In rejecting probability, and the larger area of mathematical statistics within which it belonged, China’s statisticians discarded a large array of techniques, none more critical than the era’s newest and most exciting fact generating technology—large-scale random sampling.
From Aeon article " Counting China"
Would you please help me understanding the it refer to…
"It" refers to "probability" because probability theory is a part of statistical science according to a certain point of view (ref.).
Answered by LPH on November 28, 2020
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