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<li>(Having millions of gallons of freshwater) underground, Florida environmentalists work to educate the public on the dangers of ground pollution.</li>
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<p>A. Having millions of gallons of freshwater
D. By considering that there are millions of gallons of freshwater</p>
<p>I quickly chose D after i saw Florida environmentalists after the comma. Why would B be a better choice here?</p>
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<li>The name "transferware" (comes from a nineteenth-century technique for which) a pattern is engraved onto copper roll, printed on tissue paper, and transferred onto earthenware dishes.</li>
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<p>A. comes from a nineteenth-century technique for which
C. comes from a nineteenth-century technique whereby
D. is a nineteenth-century technique wherein</p>
<p>Is D wrong because of the "is" because i think wherein and whereby can be used interchangeably in this case. Why is A wrong?</p>
<p>i checked the forums for these questions but the replies didn't answer my specific questions.</p>
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<li>A is wrong because the sentence states that the florida environmentalists have millions of gallons of freshwater underground, which doesn’t make sense.</li>
<li>The process of how the transferware pattern is described in the sentence. Therefore, it would make sense to say whereby when describing a process.</li>
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<p>it doesn’t say the environmentalists have millions of gallons of water. It says that they are “considering” the water.</p>
<p>I’m asking if whereby and wherein are interchangeable here.</p>
<p>“Whereby” means “by which”; “wherein” means “in which” (these are just rough translations). The sentence is describing what happens when one uses the technique: a pattern is engraved onto copper roll, printed on tissue paper, and transferred onto earthenware dishes. By using this technique, THIS is what happens. This is the procedure by which (or through which) THIS can be accomplished. THIS does not happen for the procedure or in the procedure; it happens by way of, or through, the procedure. People tend to use “where”–“the technique where a pattern is…”–this is incorrect as well. Other words of this nature include “whereon” (“on which”) and “whereupon” (“upon which”), although they are not very common in speech. You generally use “whereby” with words like “technique,” “means,” and “method.” You can also, instead of forming a conjunction and stating a clause (“the technique whereby something is done”), use the preposition of or for and use a gerund (“the technique of/for doing something”). If you are unsure of which preposition to use, the whereby construction tends to work well if you understand its usage.</p>
<p>For the first one, D is incorrect because “by” is used to denote technique, or how something is done: “by doing X, Y will happen.” Yes, the environmentalists’ knowledge of all the underground freshwater may lead to their work to educate the public about it, but it does not perpetually cause it. They don’t continually work to educate the public by continually “considering” the issue. Why mention that they even considered the issue? The main points are that the issue exists, and that, because the issue exists, the Florida environmentalists are trying to educate the public about it. It sounds wrong to say, “they are educating the public by considering the issue.” It sounds right to say something like, “they are educating the public because of the issue” or “…because the issue is predominant.”</p>