Some Questions on Grammar

Test Preparation
1

<li><p>Few years after Adolf Hitler became the dictator of the German government in 1933, he carried our a pogrom on the Jewish people, homosexuals, disabled, and Gypsies, which would culminate into the infamous Holocaust. <in the="" sentence,="" does="" “which=”" refer="" to="" pogrom="" or="" gypsies.="" if="" it="" refers="" latter,="" how="" should="" i="" change="" sentence="" let="" “=”" pogrom.=""></in></p></li>
<li><p>Hitler’s antipathy toward the Jews resulted in a series of laws, most notable of which were the Nuremberg Laws, blah blah blah. <is “were”="" necessary="" in="" the="" sentence,="" and="" if="" not,="" why?=""></is></p></li>
<li><p>The Nazi’s massacre of 11 millions people, 6 million of whom were Jewish, blah… <is “were”="" necessary="" and="" why?=""></is></p></li>
<li><p>do we say “eschew from” or “eschew away from” Do we need “away”?
Thanks.</p></li>
</ol>

2

<p>I think that in 1, the “which” refers to “people” (although this might not be permissible in the strictest grammatical sense - I’m not sure). However, there are a few other clear grammar mistakes in that sentence. First, you don’t say “pogrom on”… you would have to say something like “pogrom targeting”. Second, “culminate into” is incorrect. It should be “culminate in”.</p>

<p>In the second sentence, “were” is necessary, although it’s very difficult to explain why if someone doesn’t already find it clear (I’m not an English teacher - sorry). Additionally, “most notable” should be preceded by “the”.</p>

<p>In the third sentence, “were” is also necessary. Basically, you’re asserting something (that six million were Jewish), so you’re going to need a verb (were). Since Nazis is plural, you should have "Nazis’ " instead of “Nazi’s”.</p>

<p>“Eschew” is not coupled with a preposition at all. Both “eschew from” and “eschew away from” are incorrect - you simply say “eschew”, followed by a noun.</p>

3

<p>In no. 2, I think both including the “were” and dropping it would be correct usage. Without “were”, the sentence would form the rhetorical device of zeugma, I believe.</p>