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28 Sep 2020, 21:29
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Hello, while solving problems from OG, I stumbled upon 2 answer explanations that have left me quite confused.
I have listed them below, please guide me.
1. despite-the-increasing-number-of-women-graduating-from-law-school-and-37482.html
the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably
CORRECT: The pronoun "who" can only refer to people. Therefore "firms" cannot be antecedent of "who". Hence "who" is not ambiguous.
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as-an-actress-and-more-importantly-as-a-teacher-of-acting-stella-20808.html
Stella Adler was one of the most influential artists in the American theater, who trained several generations of actors including...
PROBLEM: The second modifier is incorrect. "Who trained several..." should be touching Stella Adler as well. Instead it's modifying "American theater", which doesn't make any sense.
My doubt here is the usage of who
In what situations is it acceptable to use who after a thing?
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I have listed them below, please guide me.
1. despite-the-increasing-number-of-women-graduating-from-law-school-and-37482.html
the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably
CORRECT: The pronoun "who" can only refer to people. Therefore "firms" cannot be antecedent of "who". Hence "who" is not ambiguous.
2.
as-an-actress-and-more-importantly-as-a-teacher-of-acting-stella-20808.html
Stella Adler was one of the most influential artists in the American theater, who trained several generations of actors including...
PROBLEM: The second modifier is incorrect. "Who trained several..." should be touching Stella Adler as well. Instead it's modifying "American theater", which doesn't make any sense.
My doubt here is the usage of who
In what situations is it acceptable to use who after a thing?
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28 Sep 2020, 22:44
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Hi vibha31, this is not correct. As you've correctly mentioned, who can only modify persons.
So, who is not modifying American theater here. The issue is that while who is intended to modify Stella Adler, who in this case, can also modify influential artists; in fact, influential artists is closer to who than Stella Adler is.
So, at the very least, there is an ambiguity in terms of what who is modifying.
