Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 70: Answer and Explanation

Question: 70

The building's miraculous design comes not from its magnitude, but from the curvatures between its platform and columns that offer an illusion of symmetry that exceeds its true dimensions, and in the elaborate engravings within its marble surfaces ___________ centuries of calamity.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A. that having to outlast
  • B. which has to outlast
  • C. that have outlasted
  • D. which had outlasted

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

(C) The fact that these engravings have lasted for a long time is an essential part of their description, so that is needed instead of which. Choice (C) also uses the proper tense. Choice (A) uses the incorrect verb tense. Choices (B) and (D) use which, which works for nonessential characteristics of described objects.

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