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Question 17

Choose the standard defining clause. The speaker tested one recipe out of several.

  1. The recipe I tested needed less salt.Correct answer
  2. The recipe, I tested, was bland.
  3. The recipe I tested it needed less salt.
  4. The recipe which I tested it needed less salt.

Explanation

The recipe I tested uses a contact clause in which the omitted relative element is the object of tested. The version with it is the closest distractor, but that pronoun would duplicate the recipe inside the clause.

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