Question no 26 of Sentence Correction on the Official Guide # 12 :
Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.
The answer given in the Official guide is : Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber
Though i agree that parallelism is only found out in this option and this option looks much better than the rest, my question is that modifier 'which' in the answer is acting as a Noun Modifier and is modifying the noun 'letters'. Shouldn't 'which' in this case touch the noun it is modifying(letters).
Would appreciate if anyone can tell me where i went wrong.
[Moderator Edit: Moved the post to a relevant forum - neelgandham]
Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.
The answer given in the Official guide is : Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber
Though i agree that parallelism is only found out in this option and this option looks much better than the rest, my question is that modifier 'which' in the answer is acting as a Noun Modifier and is modifying the noun 'letters'. Shouldn't 'which' in this case touch the noun it is modifying(letters).
Would appreciate if anyone can tell me where i went wrong.
[Moderator Edit: Moved the post to a relevant forum - neelgandham]
