prachi18oct wrote:
Q: Based on records from ancient Athens, each year young Athenian women collaborated to weave a new woolen robe that they used to dress a statue of the goddness Atehna and that this robe depicted scenes of a battle between Zeus, Athena's father, and giants.
(C) According to records from ancient Athens, each year young Athenian women collaborated to weave a new woolen robe that they used to dress
(D) Records from ancient Athens indicate that each year young Athenian women collaborated to weave a new woolen robe with which they dressed
Is C wrong because of use of "that" as it produces restrictive clause unlike "which" ?
Is this the only which makes D better choice?
A conjunction such as
and must connect PARALLEL FORMS.
C:
Young Athenian women collaborated to weave a new woolen robe THAT THEY USED...and THAT THIS ROBE DEPICTED.
Here,
that they used and
that this robe depicted both seem to modify
a new woolen robe.
The result is a nonsensical meaning:
a new woolen robe...that this robe depicted.
Eliminate C.
D:
Records from ancient Athens indicate THAT each year young Athenian women collaborated...and THAT this robe depicted scenes of a battle.
Here,
THAT each year young Athenian women collaborated and
THAT this robe depicted scenes both serve -- correctly -- as direct objects of
INDICATE.
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