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by winnerhere » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:02 pm
The sea shore of chennai, which is one of the longest in the world, is the major attraction to the tourists.

Here "which refers" to the sea shore - but its near Chennai. Is this construction correct on GMAT -


The sea shore of chennai, one of the longest in the world, is the major attraction to the tourists - Its right.

But is the first sentence right in contruction as the "which" proximity rule makes it look wrong.

Insights please :)

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by aspirant2011 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:54 pm
according to me "which" is wrongly placed here as its refering to "chennai" instead of "sea shore".......................
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by winnerhere » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:56 am
Thanks aspirant :)

I would really be glad if a few more provide their insights ..

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by MAAJ » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:43 am
Use WHICH only to refer to the noun immediately preceding it - never to refer to an entire clause

Here WHICH refers to Chennai so... Chennai is one of the longest in the world??? sounds akward :/
Hope this helps!
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by winnerhere » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:38 am
MAAJ wrote:Use WHICH only to refer to the noun immediately preceding it - never to refer to an entire clause

Here WHICH refers to Chennai so... Chennai is one of the longest in the world??? sounds akward :/
Hope this helps!
Thanks MAAJ :)
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