The sentence is
"In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground. "
The correct replacement to the underlined part as per the solution is "the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall"
However there was another option "the parts of the plant which are most nutritious, shatter and fall"
Why is the former correct over the latter.
"In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground. "
The correct replacement to the underlined part as per the solution is "the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall"
However there was another option "the parts of the plant which are most nutritious, shatter and fall"
Why is the former correct over the latter.
