Okay from GMAT SC Rules ?

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Okay from GMAT SC Rules ?

by shailendra.sharma » Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:54 am
Hi Experts,

Please verify whether following sentence from Economist 22nd June 2013 edition is okay by GMAT standard --

The dispute has raised the threat of a snap election in crisis-hit Greece, which could endanger its bail-out programme.

In this case "which" seem to refer to "the threat of a snap election" - but there is "in crisis-hit Greece" phrase" in between too - so may be because of modifier-touch-rule "which" can refer to "crisis-hit Greece".
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by sameerballani » Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:10 am
shailendra.sharma wrote:Hi Experts,

Please verify whether following sentence from Economist 22nd June 2013 edition is okay by GMAT standard --

The dispute has raised the threat of a snap election in crisis-hit Greece, which could endanger its bail-out programme.

In this case "which" seem to refer to "the threat of a snap election" - but there is "in crisis-hit Greece" phrase" in between too - so may be because of modifier-touch-rule "which" can refer to "crisis-hit Greece".
If you ignore the prepositional phrase attached to threat, you will see which is referring to threat. I believe this is acceptable on the GMAT. Let us get wait for some expert comments.
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