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Question 27

Choose the sentence in which a relative clause comments on the whole preceding event.

  1. The power failed that delayed the rehearsal.
  2. The power failed, that delayed the rehearsal.
  3. The power failed, which delayed the rehearsal.Correct answer
  4. The power failed which delayed the rehearsal.

Explanation

Which refers to the entire fact that the power failed, and the comma marks this comment as non-defining. That is the closest distractor, but it cannot introduce a clause that comments parenthetically on a preceding statement.

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