<p>For #1: What question do you ask to find out what "which" is reffering to. For normal pronoun antecedent you would go "Who/what ate the apple?--> Jorge. So "he" is correct. But for this one how do you know?</p>
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<li>Bertha Lamme received her engineering degree in (1893, which she then specialized professionally) in the design of motors and generators. </li>
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<p>(A) 1893, which she then specialized professionally
(B) 1893, specializing as her profession
(C) 1893 and, as a professional, specialized
(D) 1893, then, for a profession, specializes
(E) 1893, she has specialized as a professional.</p>
<p>I crossed C because the gerund seemed to create a fragment. E is a comma splice. I don't know whats wrong with D. However, C's "and" doesn't seem in the correct place. And I don't know how to figure interepret "which in A. So it's between A,C,D.</p>
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<li>The name "transferware" (comes from a nineteenth-century technique for which) a pattern is engraved onto a copper roll, printed on tissue paper, and transferred onto earthenware dishes.</li>
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<p>(A) comes from a nineteenth-century technique for which
(B) comes from a nineteenth-century technique according to which
(C) comes from a nineteenth-century technique whereby
(D) is a nineteenth-century technique wherein
(E) means it is a nineteenth-century technique by which</p>
<p>Another type of question that gives me a hard time, what to choose to replace "for which".
(i.e. what's the difference between: for which, to which, whereby, wherein, by which?)</p>
<p>BUMP- please help me understand when to use which.</p>
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<li><p>A. She didn’t specialize her degree in the design of motors and generators; she got her degree and then specialized professionally, so A is wrong. You’re confused with this sentence because “which” refers to nothing and creates an ambiguity.
B. The gerund makes the sentence wordy.
C. This is the best restatement of the sentence. It is wordy but the “and” definitely needs to be there to combine the two clauses and it’s the best option.
D. If Bertha received her degree in 1893, she’s not still specializing, as the present tense in this sentence implies. It’s a verb tense question.
E. You’re right, E is a comma splice.</p></li>
<li><p>In every version of the sentence, “which” refers to the technique.
A. “For which” is wrong because the pattern isn’t engraved FOR the technique.
B. Best/correct answer because the pattern is engraved ACCORDING TO the technique.
C. Whereby means by which. It’s also wrong because the pattern isn’t engraved BY the technique either.
D. “Is” is the wrong was to start the clause because it refers to the name, not the technique, ie it’s saying “The name is a technique.”
E. E is incorrect in the same way D is, because it starts in the wrong way. The name doesn’t mean it’s a technique; the name comes from/refers to the technique.</p></li>
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<p>If it helps, figure out what “which” refers to first in a sentence, then replace “which” in the sentence with the name of the noun; “for which” becomes “for the apple” and is thus differentiated from “by/in/to which” (by/in/for the apple). I could walk by the apple (“The apple, by which I walked…”) or jump through a hoop for the apple (“The delicious apple, for which I jumped through a hoop to obtain…”). It’s not as complicated as all the words make it sound.</p>
<p>I’m no professional but I think I’m right on this one. Let me know if I didn’t answer the question all the way:)</p>
<p>Thank you for your time and effort in elaborating.</p>
<p>1) Makes sense down, but im still confused on how you know what “which” is referrring to, like is there a question you ask to answer it(Like to answer S-v agreements, to ask"who/what ate the apple?" It did so singular verb is needed). </p>
<p>After i read your complete post, I had the notion that “which” refers to the first noun that precedes it. Like in the second one, “technique” comes right before “for which” so that’s what it is referring too. Also for #1, degree precedes “which”. But #1 has no referent according to you. So how do identify if it has one or not?</p>
<h1>2)The replacing the noun trick helped me to understand the differences a bit, but the answer is C, so that kinda now the replacing the trick confuses me.</h1>
<p>“Which” in the first sentence refers to nothing. Without context it could refer to the degree, but I know it doesn’t because I know the sentence is trying to say she got her degree in engineering and then focused on motors and generators in her professional life. You couldn’t say she specialized the degree professionally, which is what you get when you replace “which” with “degree” in the first sentence.</p>
<p>In the case of the first sentence, a simple question to ask wouldn’t work, but the noun preceding thing is a good rule as long as you don’t pay attention to context.</p>
<p>Although my case is sort of invalidated now because I’ve got the wrong answer for the second one. I can see what they mean, but I still thing according to works better (I’m really stubborn I always fight with the answer). By only works in the case that it means according to. Grr… Where are these questions from?</p>
<p>I found these on different threads about Grammar questions lol. If you copy+paste the 2nd question into google, you find them on the forum. One person says it from the Online course Collegeboard offers. Here’s a thread i posted the same grammar question. 1 person said that B and C are grammatically correct, but C is less wordy/awkward. And the person said something about BB test are about the BEST answer, not the RIGHT answer.
[My thread w/ same question](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1537586-when-wrong-sat-grammar.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1537586-when-wrong-sat-grammar.html</a>)</p>
<p>Yeah okay that makes sense. Don’t let it confuse you about “which” though it’s the same in both B and C.</p>