Proper punctuation

conjunctions

Please consider the following sentence.

A has a unique association with B beyond its shared variance with C and D.

My question is whether and is joining B and D, or it is joining C and D. I mean to ask if A has a unique association with B and D, or A has shared variance with C and D.


Solution 1:

It comes down to the usage of its in your example sentence. The syntax suggests that its is referring to A. This means that A is sharing the variance with both C and D.

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