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by conquistador » Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:55 am
This is from the SC book Nirvana
The Independence-war of America, which was fought between 1775-83, resulted in "American Enlightement".
It is mentioned in the book that which is modifying America incorrectly and that needs to be used in place of it.

So the correct sentence is given below where that refers to War.
The Independence-war of America that was fought between 1775-83 resulted in "American Enlightement".
But I feel otherwise i.e., which refers to war since America is part of prepositional phrase and that refers to America.

Can someone explain?
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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:07 am
Mechmeera wrote:This is from the SC book Nirvana
The Independence-war of America, which was fought between 1775-83, resulted in "American Enlightement".
It is mentioned in the book that which is modifying America incorrectly and that needs to be used in place of it.

So the correct sentence is given below where that refers to War.
The Independence-war of America that was fought between 1775-83 resulted in "American Enlightement".
But I feel otherwise i.e., which refers to war since America is part of prepositional phrase and that refers to America.

Can someone explain?
First, no native speaker would refer to the American Revolution as the "Independence-war of America." Worse, this sentence, "The Independence-war of America that was fought between 1775-83 resulted in "American Enlightenment," makes it sound as though there were multiple "Independence-wars of America" and the author happens to be referring to the one that was fought between 1775-1783.

I would ignore this source.
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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:08 am
For a better discussion of "that" vs "which" see here: https://www.beatthegmat.com/digging-in-s ... 82529.html
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