David@GMATPrepNow wrote:I guess I would want to see what the answer choices are, as a strategic means for eliminating answer choices. There are cases where a sentence can correctly be constructed with either "which" or "that," for example - although the meaning changes. Consider the following two sentences:
1. My car [that has a red hood and fat tires] needs painting.
2. My car, [which has a red hood and fat tires], needs painting.
In the first sentence, the use of "that" suggests that I own more than one car and need to explain to you that we are talking about a particular car of mine - the one with a red hood and fat tires. Without the relative clause, you wouldn't know which one of my cars needs the paint job.
The second sentence tells you that I own only one car and I am letting you know that it has a red hood and fat tires. I could leave out the information in that relative clause, and the sentence would still make sense.
You are correct that "which" is usually preceded by a comma - and in my original answer I left that out by mistake - my bad!
So David,
This concludes that 'WHICH' should always preceded by noun + {comma}.
In other words, other modifiers should not come in between noun and 'WHICH'.
Is my conclusion correct ?
Here is the complete question:
In the past several years, astronomers have detected more than 80 massive planets, most of them as large or larger than Jupiter, which circle other stars.
A) most of them as large or larger than Jupiter, which circle
B) most of them as large or larger than Jupiter and circling
C) most of them at least as large as Jupiter, circling
D) mostly at least as large as Jupiter, which circle
E) mostly as large or larger than Jupiter, circling
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Uva
