blueseas wrote:
The emerging field of architectural climatology centers on the potential of as-yet-undeveloped architecture and landscaping to alter, redirect, or dissipate weather systems; for instance, hurricanes prevented from forming by artificial "reefs" of precisely shaped marine platforms.
ok, so the question is very complex, with a lot of fancy words..
the new field centers on smth and smth to:
1. alter
2. redirect
3. or dissipate
weather systems.
next, we have an example how this new field centers so that to do all these 3/or not all 3 actions.
A)systems; for instance, hurricanes prevented from forming by artificial "reefs" of precisely shaped marine platforms
semicolon means we need a new IC. we do not have an IC, so out.
B)systems; for example, artificial "reefs" of precisely shaped marine platforms that could prevent hurricanes from forming
same error as in A.
C)systems, such as hurricanes, which artificial "reefs" of precisely shaped marine platforms prevent forming
prevent forming - forming from what? from is actually needed. moreover, the meaning is changed.
which illogically refers to hurricanes. the whole sentence is completely a mess.
D)systems, such as artificial "reefs" of precisely shaped marine platforms that can prevent hurricanes from forming
such as - this one provides example of weather systems, but we need example of how the something-something works. so out.
E)systems; for example, hurricanes could be prevented from forming by artificial "reefs" of precisely shaped marine platforms
looks good. semicolon+IC.
E for me.