Dear Professor,
"An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. "
Question: Where is the antecedent of "that"? Is it "release", or "lithosphere"?
Thank you !
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Antoine Ghannoum
Relative pronoun
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Re: Relative pronoun
This is primarily a sense (not a grammar) issue, but I would say that sense clearly indicates 'release' as the antecedent.