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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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reference of a verb

Does the underlined "by creating" refer to "breaking" or "chance"?

  

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red apple Does the underlined "by creating" refer to "breaking" or "chance"? e. ".

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red appleDoes the underlined "by creating" refer to "breaking" or "chance"?
It refers to the whole clause preceding it, i.e. "Progress means breaking through fields where chance holds sway...".
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"by creating ..." is adverbial and could potentially modify "breaking (through)" or "hold (sway)". As far as I can tell from the meaning, the former is intended.
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