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<p>1) (Mike reynolds who is the author of the book, the new girl came to our school to speak about his book, which tells him about him portraying a woman for six weeks.)</p>

<p>choices</p>

<p>b) Mike Reynolds, the author of The New Girl, spoke at our school about his book, in which he describes how he portrayed a woman for 6 weeks.</p>

<p>c) Mike Reynolds, the author The New Girl, came to our school and told us about his book, where he portrayed a woman for 6 weeks. </p>

<p>*** The right answer is B. Why is B the right answer and not C???</p>

<p>2) (Ophthalomologists who have decided to use the new laser for its increased safety) also belive that the device may cure previously untreatable conditions of the eye.</p>

<p>Choices
A) Ophthalomologists who have decided to use the new laser for its increased safety.
B) Having increased safety, Ophthalomologists decided to use the new laser and.</p>

<p>I chose B, but A is the right answer… Why cant B work ?</p>

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<p>Question one:</p>

<p>“in which” is technically the correct prepositional phrase. “where” describes absolute location whereas “in which” describes conceptual location. One could construe the sentence to mean that the author protrayed a woman at the school if “where” is used.</p>

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<p>Question two:</p>

<p>This is a classic question testing your knowledge of to what participial phrases attach conceptually. </p>

<p>In choice (B), “Having increased safety” describes the opthalmologists’ safety. This is not the intention of the sentence.</p>