<p>When one thinks about which are the current television shows with the potential to become classics, only a few come to mind.</p>
<p>The right answer to this question was this sentence:</p>
<p>When one thinks about which current television shows have the potential to become classics, only a few come to mind.</p>
<p>I got this question right and I know that the second sentence is definitely much concise, but does the first sentence make sense as well? I don't see any grammatical error in the first sentence. Thanx in advance :)</p>
<p>The first sentence is wrong because of this section:</p>
<p>“which are the current television shows”</p>
<p>The phrase is worded wrong. When you use “which” you need to introduce the thing that you are choosing from. Which car…, Which book…, Which t.v show…</p>
<p>The answer corrects this buy stating “which t.v shows have the potential”</p>
<p>I think I just forgot the rule of thumb in grammar when I solved this question.</p>
<p>You guys are all right;</p>
<p>When “which” is used as a relative pronoun, it should have an antecedent noun.
ex) Michael built a house which is large.
House is the antecedent here; which is used as a relative pronoun to refer to the house.</p>
<p>When “which” is used without a preceding noun, it is not used as a relative pronoun.
ex) When one thinks about which …</p>
<p>Yes, in this case, we need some noun to follow the “which”:
When one thinks about which television show is the best, “Friends” comes to mind.</p>
<p>:) lol, guess my brain was lobotomized for a sec hehe</p>
<p>So is it not OK to write “when one asks which of the following answers is right, one is committing a grammatical fallacy?”</p>
<p>Memorizing these rules are foolish and thats why I dislike the SATs. I’d much rather spend my time reading books and becoming a better writer than learning what must follow “which” if the ‘antecedent word is a noun.’ Anyone can learn how to ace the Writing section if they decide not to have a life, but does that help us in our lives? </p>