alex.gellatly wrote:In Creek theology the supreme being was Esaugetu Emissee (Master of Breath), who dwelt in an upper realm in which the sky was the floor, and who had the power to give and to take away the breath of life.
A.
B. where the sky was the floor, having the power to give and to take
C. whose floor was the sky, and who has the power of giving and of taking
D. in which the sky was the floor, with the power of giving and taking
E. whose floor was the sky, having the power to give and take
I picked B because I thought you had to use where for places, why is A which uses in which correct?
COMMA + VERBing generally refers to the SUBJECT of the preceding clause.
Thus:
In B,
having seems to refer to the
sky, implying -- nonsensically -- that the SKY had
the power to give and to take away the breath of life.
In E,
having seems to refer to the
floor, implying -- nonsensically -- that the FLOOR had
the power to give and to take away the breath of life.
Eliminate B and E.
In C,
has should not be in the present tense, since all of the events in the sentence took place in the past. Eliminate C.
In D,
with the power of giving and taking seems to be modifying either
the sky or
the floor, but it was
ESAUGETU EMISSEE who had the power. Eliminate D.
The correct answer is
A.
While it is true that
where must refer to a place,
where is not the ONLY modifier that can refer to a place.
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