Pronouns
A major challenge faced by democracies worldwide is to decide if they should penalize the members of social media groups, which subtly promote racial discrimination.
a. to decide if they should penalize the members of social media groups, which to decide if they should penalize the members of social media groups, which
b. deciding whether to penalize the members of social media groups that deciding whether to penalize the members of social media groups that
c. deciding whether to penalize social media groups, which deciding whether to penalize social media groups, which
d. to decide whether they should penalize the members of social media groups, which to decide whether they should penalize the members of social media groups, which
e. deciding whether they should penalize social media groups to have members that deciding whether they should penalize social media groups to have members that
Solution is given as b. I cannot seem to eliminate d. too.
Hi Debarpitchandra,
Let’s understand the difference between which and that.
A which clause is a non-restrictive clause. Even if you remove the which clause from the sentence, the rest of the sentence should make sense.
A that clause is a restrictive clause. If you remove the that clause from the sentence, the rest of the sentence will not stand.
Example:
My bike, which is in the garage, is old – Means that I have only one bike and that bike is now in the garage
My bike that is in the garage is old – Means that I have many bikes and the bike that’s in the garage right now is old
In your sentence above, democracies do not want to penalize all social media groups in general. They want to penalize those social media groups that promote racial discrimination. Hence the restrictive clause “that”
Hope this helps!
