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Uses of Which

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natzmyid
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 Post Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:20 am 
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Hei wrote:
The question is one of the GMATPrep questions.
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Can the answer be debated then?
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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:52 am 
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bellthecatnow wrote:
ok. I have a question on 'which' too. I learnt that I can't post the OG problem here so I will try to replace few words on the original problem to give an example.

Originally designed for calculating XYZ , a process called ABC-triggered calculation, which can quickly calculate the numbers, is finding uses in numerology.

Please forgive if the statement doesn't make any sense.

I would like to understand which noun does 'which' modifies here? Is it calculation (immediate preceding noun) or the process or 'ABC-triggered calculation'?


in that case you wouldn't really have to decide which noun is modified, since the meaning of the sentence would be basically the same in either case.
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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:28 am 
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vikas.panghal wrote:
Well I also marked E my answer. The reason I choose E is that in choice E "is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing" since the underlined part "the length....computer" is separated by commas, it is a non essential clause. So if I remove this non essential clause...


you can't really do that. if you have
clause1, clause2, -ING
then, in most cases, the -ING will modify clause2, not clause1.

here's an example:

the truck spilled a tankful of gasoline, some of which spilled into the river, killing a large number of fish.
--> note that "killing a large number..." modifies the immediately preceding clause, not the first clause.


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It will be as follows:

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder weighing less than 11 ounces.


that wouldn't work; you'd need the commas. otherwise, you're qualifying the sentence: you're saying that you're only choosing from camcorders that weigh less than 11 ounces.

for instance:
the world's tallest man weighing under 150 pounds --> this means that you take the tallest man from the collection of men who weigh under 150 pounds, not the world's tallest man overall.
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tankobe
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 Post Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:41 am 
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The electronics company has unveiled what it claims is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder,


i want to know whether the subclause in blackface is a run-on sentence.
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esledge
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 Post Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:51 pm 
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A run-on sentence is one that has two independent clauses mushed together without appropriate punctuation and/or connecting words (and, or, but, however, etc.).

Here, the entire phrase what it claims is the world's smallest digital camcorder is an object noun (because of the what):

The electronics company has unveiled something.
[-------subject--------] [---verb---][--object-]

Where "something" is that phrase beginning with "what." Alternative phrasings are "something that it claims is the world's smallest digital camcorder" or "a device that it claims is the world's smallest digital camcorder." Using "what" is more concise, but the idea is the same.

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tankobe
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 Post Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:45 pm 
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esledge wrote:
A run-on sentence is one that has two independent clauses mushed together without appropriate punctuation and/or connecting words (and, or, but, however, etc.).

Here, the entire phrase what it claims is the world's smallest digital camcorder is an object noun (because of the what):

The electronics company has unveiled something.
[-------subject--------] [---verb---][--object-]

Where "something" is that phrase beginning with "what." Alternative phrasings are "something that it claims is the world's smallest digital camcorder" or "a device that it claims is the world's smallest digital camcorder." Using "what" is more concise, but the idea is the same.

thank you, emily! i thought that the following sentence is run-on,but now i know it is OK in GMAT.
1# what it claims is the world's smallest digital camcorder...

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