use of including/some of which

[vineet3183]

United States Senator Daniel Inouye was appointed to several posts within the Democratic party during his first term, that included assistant majority whip and vice-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Committee.

A. that included

B. which includes

C. including

D. some of which were

E. among them being
OA:c
hi Stacey, explain how modifier "including" is modifying several posts It is supposed to modify the entire previous clause
what is wrong in choices a and d

[selva.e]

A - that may refer to either term/party
B - which may refer to either several posts/term/party
C - COrrect, modifying posts
including can only refer to posts. Take the literal meaning here,
Daniel Inouye including - sounds wierd

within the Democratic party during his first term,

is itself is modifying posts with the preposition 'within'
So including cant modify term/posts.

This is of form,
<Noun> <preposition>within <Modifier>(the Democratic party during his first term), <Modifier>(including) is perfectly parellel.

Note one more point, use of 'which' in place of second modifier will destroy the entire sentence structure.

So B and D out.
E - Out obvious reasons

so C wins

[RonPurewal]

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