In the given sentence, the
modifier is "In addition to being". By the touch rule this modifier modifies, "The first literate culture".
Is the first literate culture, China's first administrator? No! The Shang was!
The opening modifier "in addition to being..." must modify the subject of the independent clause. The only logical subject is "the Shang." We can eliminate A and B.
In English, collective nouns for ethnic groups / families/dynasties / proper
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modifier is "In addition to being". By the touch rule this modifier modifies, "The first literate culture".
Is the first literate culture, China's first administrator? No! The Shang was!
The opening modifier "in addition to being..." must modify the subject of the independent clause. The only logical subject is "the Shang." We can eliminate A and B.
In English, collective nouns for ethnic groups / families/dynasties / proper
...
