VerbalHow wrote:
Hi Mike, why is B wrong? It says:
(B) for conducting research about revolutionarily potential innovations
Is it because "revolutionarily" modifies "potential" here, while in the original sentence, "revolutionary" should be modifying "innovations". In that sense, B changes the meaning of the original sentence. Is my interpretation correct?
Dear
VerbalHow,
Yes, the meaning is very different.
1)
a potentially revolutionary product --- this implies that we have the product already, and we believe that this real existing product has the potential to start some kind of revolution. What is revolutionary, at least possibly, is the impact of the product. That's the original meaning in the sentence.
2)
a revolutionarily potential product --- this would be a product that doesn't really exist---it only exists as an idea, in potential, but somehow, its potential to come into existence is revolutionarily different from the potential of other hypothetical products to come into existence. What is revolutionary is the ability of the product to move from hypothetical to real. That's bizarre. That really makes no sense.
Does this distinction make sense?
Satyarath wrote:
Thanks for the review Mike.
Can you please elaborate the correct usage of "in which"?
Dear
Satyarath,
Hmm. What you are asking is difficult, because in a sense, you are asking me to explain volumes and volumes of grammar. First of all, I will say: if you want a thorough introduction to grammar, then join
Magoosh and watch our SC Lesson videos.
The word "which" is a relative pronoun. It always
(1) refers to a noun, an antecedent, as any pronoun does
(2) starts a subordinate clause, a particular kind known as a relative clause
Within the relatively clause, the pronoun "
which" may be the subject or direct object or object of a preposition.
I learned about yoga, which changed my life. = "
which" as subject
I just read a good book, which my doctor recommended. = "
which" as direct object
Here is a book for which I wrote the preface. = "
which" as object of preposition "
for"
Here is a book in which the author criticizes his own writing style.. = "
which" as object of preposition "
in"
One way to think about these last cases: imagine we changed each long sentence into two smaller sentences.
Here is a book. I wrote the preface for it.
Here is a book. In it, the author criticizes his own writing style. Those are choppier, not as smooth as the longer analogs. Notice, though: whatever role the pronoun "
it" has in the second shorter sentence is the role of the pronoun "
which" in the longer sentence.
That's a very brief overview. The problem is: to explain this thoroughly, I would have to explain all of grammar. Again, I would suggest the
Magoosh lesson videos for a thorough overview. I would also recommend this blog article:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2014/how-to-im ... bal-score/You may also find this article illuminating:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/that-vs-w ... -the-gmat/Does all this make sense?
Mike
In your second example of the explanation - I just read a good book which the doctor recommended.
I think it doesn't require a comma before which. Is that right? Or can it be both in this sentence?
Also - in the correct answer for this question, would the answer still be right without "in which"?