While eathquakes can threaen most older buildings, they are potentially devastating for solid brick and mortar structures, whose walls - unlike those made of wood - lackl the flexibility nevessary to withstand shockwaves.
a. they are potentially devastating for solid brick and mortar structures, whose
b. the can potentially devastate solid brick and mortar structures in that their
c. for solid brick and mortar sturcures they are potentially devastating, because their
d. for solid brick and mortar structures, it is potentially devastating in that their
e. it can potentially devastate solid brick and mortar structures, whose
The correct answer is A.
My concern with this answer is that I thought whose was a relative conjunction used when an individual is involved whne it comes to inanimate things such as structures shouldn't the conjunction be which or that?
a. they are potentially devastating for solid brick and mortar structures, whose
b. the can potentially devastate solid brick and mortar structures in that their
c. for solid brick and mortar sturcures they are potentially devastating, because their
d. for solid brick and mortar structures, it is potentially devastating in that their
e. it can potentially devastate solid brick and mortar structures, whose
The correct answer is A.
My concern with this answer is that I thought whose was a relative conjunction used when an individual is involved whne it comes to inanimate things such as structures shouldn't the conjunction be which or that?
