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Watch clauses that do not follow the noun they modify: Make the object of the prepositional phrase plural and rely on verb number

Take this fragment as the problem: "The meaning of the sentence, which usually is obvious from...." How can you make it clear that the relative clause relates not to sentence, which it follows, but to meaning? Here are some solutions.

The meaning of the sentence, which usually is obvious from...
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The meaning of sentences, which usually is obvious from...

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