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mSKR
Hello, mSKR. I do not think a strong case can be made for ambiguity of meaning in the way you have outlined. The comma before but effectively ropes off the which clause so that the reader understands the main clause is going to continue:
a low dose of aspirin suffices to block production of thromboxane... but does not seriously interfere with the production of prostacyclin
Without the comma in question, the non-essential information about thromboxane would seem to continue instead:
thromboxane, which is a substance to promote blood clotting but does not seriously interfere...
I hope that clarifies your concerns.
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02 May 2022, 10:18
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rishabhmishra
"Which" and "substance" both function as noun modifiers here, so if there were ambiguity about what "substance" were referring to, you'd have the same ambiguity for "which."
And context makes it pretty clear that both must be describing "thromboxane." If we don't know what thromboxane does, it's not going to be terribly meaningful that aspirin blocks it, right? And "thromboxane" also happens to be the closest noun to the modifier. Certainly not a rule, but if a noun modifier is right next to a noun it could logically describe, it isn't wrong.
I hope that clears things up!
02 May 2022, 13:29
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GMATNinja
Thanks for your reply GMATNinja sir, if my understanding of noun modifiers is correct usage of 'which' won't have the ambiguity issue posed by 'substance' (a flexible noun modifier) because 'which' is constrained by touch rule while flexible noun modifier 'substance' can modify farther away noun. 'Substance' can modify thermoboxane or aspirin (though illogical, it still can, thus creating ambiguity)
