Noun+appositive+Which

[SambitP981]

Hi Ron/Stacy/Tim,
I have a doubt here. If a sentence is constructed in a way such that it starts with "a noun" followed by an appositive and followed by relative clause(which), then that should the relative clause modify? The starting noun or the noun at the end of the appositive?

For eg : consider a statement:

The Lisbon treaty, ill-fated European Union constitution's successor, which in turn followed the Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice treaties, would create a permanent club rule book

This statement is incorrect.

Correct form is :

The Lisbon treaty,successor to the ill-fated European Union constitution, which in turn followed the Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice treaties

Normally as per the rule which after a comma modified the closest noun. But when a appositive comes in between, what shud "Which" modify?

[RonPurewal]

you obviously didn't make up those sentences yourself, so, it's unacceptable for you to use them without citing the source.

as per the forum rules, if you're going to use material from a source, you MUST
• cite the original source,
• (if the source is a problem) provide the ENTIRE problem exactly as originally written, with ALL answer choices.
thanks.

[RonPurewal]

as far as GMAC's official problems are concerned, "which" has only been used in two kinds of ways. those are described here:
usage-of-which-t746-15.html#p104933

thus, in terms of the usage actually seen thus far in official GMAT problems, neither of those sentences really works.