[General] of which level 8 was the highest.

[uktous]

Hi,

Question:
1) In my sentence, what does “(of) which” refer to?
2) In my sentence, what does “which” refer to?


Sentence:
The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty, of which level 8 was the highest.


My opinion:
There are few possibilities:
1) the classes
2) those 8 levels
3) difficulty
4) degrees of difficulty


Thanks

 

[buggles]

Hi,

Question:
1) In my sentence, what does “(of) which” refer to?
2) In my sentence, what does “which” refer to?


Sentence:
The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty, of which level 8 was the highest.


My opinion:
There are few possibilities:
1) the classes:tick:
2) those 8 levels
3) difficulty
4) degrees of difficulty


Thanks

It's telling us that level 8 is the highest level of class.

Take out the middle part of the sentence and we get.............

The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels......of which level 8 was the highest.


buggles (not a teacher)

 

[Abstract Idea]

Hi,

Question:
1) In my sentence, what does “(of) which” refer to?
2) In my sentence, what does “which” refer to?


Sentence:
The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty, of which level 8 was the highest.

My opinion:
There are few possibilities:
1) the classes
2) those 8 levels
3) difficulty
4) degrees of difficulty

Thanks

(2) "those 8 levels"

"The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty, from these eight levels, level 8 was the highest."

Not a native speaker

 

[uktous]

bad news.....

1 person chooses 1

1 person chooses 2

my friend chooses 4

 

[jayan12]

Hi,

Question:
1) In my sentence, what does “(of) which” refer to?
2) In my sentence, what does “which” refer to?


Sentence:
The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty, of which level 8 was the highest.


My opinion:
There are few possibilities:
1) the classes
2) those 8 levels
3) difficulty
4) degrees of difficulty


Thanks

2) those 8 level

 

[Abstract Idea]

bad news.....

The original sentence reads:
"The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty, of which level 8 was the highest."
This sentence has at least two different meanings:

a) Each class was divided itself in eight levels, each level of each class with a degree of difficulty. Level eight was the one with the highest degree of difficulty.
b) Each class in the school had one specific level from eight predefined ones. Each one of the predefined levels had a specific degree of difficulty. From these predefined levels, level eight was the one with the highest highest degree of difficulty.

In both cases "of which" refers to "of those eight levels", you can rephrase the original sentence as:

"The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty; among those levels, level 8 was the highest."

The idea is that each level has a label; that is: level one, level two, ... , level eight.


Not a native speaker

 

[buggles]

The original sentence reads:
"The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty, of which level 8 was the highest."
This sentence has at least two different meanings:

a) Each class was divided itself in eight levels, each level of each class with a degree of difficulty. Level eight was the one with the highest degree of difficulty.
b) Each class in the school had one specific level from eight predefined ones. Each one of the predefined levels had a specific degree of difficulty. From these predefined levels, level eight was the one with the highest highest degree of difficulty.

In both cases "of which" refers to "of those eight levels", you can rephrase the original sentence as:

"The classes in our school were divided into 8 levels representing different degrees of difficulty; among those levels, level 8 was the highest."

The idea is that each level has a label; that is: level one, level two, ... , level eight.


Not a native speaker

Can't argue with that - it's one heck of an ambiguous sentence, but I've been persuaded that "of which" does indeed refer to the levels and not, as I previously thought, the classes. "The levels" makes most sense whether we refer to levels within classes or level of class. Sorry about my original interpretation.