What's the source of this question?Here , OE says that the use of which in A is wrong: the relative pronoun “which” must
refer to the immediately preceding noun, suggesting illogically in this case that “the Earth” was dislodged by a meteor.
I was under impression that the use of which is not so strict and that which can also refer to a group of words. Concretely, I thought that which could correctly refer to 'part of the Earth' in A and that A is wrong for other reasons.
Can which
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refer to the immediately preceding noun, suggesting illogically in this case that “the Earth” was dislodged by a meteor.
I was under impression that the use of which is not so strict and that which can also refer to a group of words. Concretely, I thought that which could correctly refer to 'part of the Earth' in A and that A is wrong for other reasons.
Can which
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