Metaphor and metonymy are both figures of speech

[Volcano1985]

Metaphor and metonymy are both figures of speech _______ one word may be used in place of another._____, especially in cognitive scicence and linguistics, the two figures of speech work very differently.

A) which / Therefore
B) at which / Correspondingly
C) where / However
D) whether / On the grounds that
E) most of which / On the other hand

Could you explain me why E, why not C?

 

[emsr2d2]

Metaphor and metonymy are both figures of speech _______ one word may be used in place of another._____, especially in cognitive scicence and linguistics, the two figures of speech work very differently.

A) which / Therefore
B) at which / Correspondingly
C) where / However
D) whether / On the grounds that
E) most of which / On the other hand

Could you explain to me why the answer is E and not C?

E is incorrect. The "On the other hand" could work (though I don't like it) but "Metaphor and metonymy are both figures of speech most of which one word may be used..." is absolutely incorrect and makes no sense.

Of those choices, I would have chosen C.

 

[konungursvia]

Metaphor and metonymy are both figures of speech _______ one word may be used in place of another._____, especially in cognitive scicence and linguistics, the two figures of speech work very differently.

A) which / Therefore
B) at which / Correspondingly
C) where / However
D) whether / On the grounds that
E) most of which / On the other hand

Could you explain me why E, why not C?

All of these answers are poor. It should be

F) in which / However

in my view. "Where" is often used in speech as a substitute for "in which" but in an English test, no.

 

[emsr2d2]

All of these answers are poor. It should be

F) in which / However

in my view. "Where" is often used in speech as a substitute for "in which" but in an English test, no.

Absolutely. Initially, when I saw choice (B) I thought they had got "in which" wrong and put "at which" but then "Correspondingly" didn't work either.

The test questions which are posted here frequently don't have a correct answer as one of the choices. Poor students!