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Question 21

Standard defining-clause check: select all sentences that correctly identify the route used by the night buses.

  1. The route, that the night buses use, is closed.
  2. The route that the night buses use is closed.Correct answer
  3. The route, which the night buses use, is closed.
  4. The route which the night buses use is closed.Correct answer

Explanation

Both that and which can introduce an unpunctuated defining clause about the route in standard British and American grammar. The comma-set version with which is the closest distractor because it presents the route detail as non-defining instead of identifying.

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