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Hi,

I was reading a NY times article (posted on 7/27/2020) and came across the following section:

Instead, Senate Republicans ignored the looming July 31 expiration of special unemployment benefits, which means that tens of millions of workers are about to see a huge hit to their incomes, damaging the economy as a whole.

I wanted to know if the portion 'which means that...incomes' is modifying the entire clause before it?

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Please confirm the role of the section 'which means that...incomes' in the paragraph posted.
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If 'that' modifier is present one one side of the parallel indicator,is it required it should be there on the other side also
For instance He said that .... and that ...
He said that ... and ....
Can you pls mention if both are correct or only first one is correct
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I wanted to know if the portion 'which means that...incomes' is modifying the entire clause before it?
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Hi nisarga14, that is the intent of this sentence; however, on GMAT, which can never modify a clause; which can only modify a noun/noun-phrase.

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses modifier properties of "which", their application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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EducationAisle - Thank you for sharing the material, it was helpful in understanding the concepts. However, I have a clarification question:

If we have a sentence like "The bench by the pond, which was recently painted, is my favorite place to reach a book", then is the word which modifying the entire noun phrase before it? I think these scenarios are determined more from a logical meaning stand point rather than from a grammatical stand point.
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"The bench by the pond, which was recently painted, is my favorite place to reach a book"
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At the very least, these kind of sentences would be less preferred, because pond is closer to which than bench is.
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Hi nisarga14, that is the intent of this sentence; however, on GMAT, which can never modify a clause; which can only modify a noun/noun-phrase.

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I'll be keen on this!

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