This is an SAT question. I was unable to choose between answers C and D, so I wonder what is wrong with answer C?
Why can't "which" be used, though it also creates a dependent clause?
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Sign up to join this communityThis is an SAT question. I was unable to choose between answers C and D, so I wonder what is wrong with answer C?
Why can't "which" be used, though it also creates a dependent clause?
"They wanted X which were placed high" is a tense problem, not a "which" problem. It swaps from "future in the past" (They wanted X) to past "which were placed".
Correct options would be "They wanted X placed high", "They wanted X to be placed high", "They wanted X, which were to be placed high", or "They wanted X, which would be placed high".
Edit: Similarly, A) is wrong because "placing" is present tense and doesn't match "they wanted", which is past tense, and requires the "to place" tense to either be past or "future in the past".