Question at position 10 Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. The 1930s was a time _____ there was a lot of unemployment and poverty in the United States. which that when单项选择题
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which
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when

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Question at position 10 Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. The 1930s was a time _____ there was a lot of unemployment and poverty in the United States. which that when

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The task is to choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: 'The 1930s was a time _____ there was a lot of unemployment and poverty in the United States.'
Option 1: 'which' — Using 'which' to introduce a clause after 'time' would not form a proper relative clause in this position. 'a time which there was' is ungrammatical in standard English because 'which' typically introduces a non-restrictive clause that modifies a noun, not a clause that asserts existence. This makes the sentence awkward or incorrect.
Option 2: 'that' — 'a time that there was' attempts to create a restrictive relative clause, but in this context the clause describes a temporal situation, not a specific time identifiable by the noun 'time.' In formal usage, 'a time when' is the natural and idiomatic choice to express a temporal circumstance accompanying the noun.
Option 3: 'when' — This option correctly links the noun 'time' to the accompanying clause about the temporal context: 'a time when there was a lot of unemployment and poverty.' 'When' is the appropriate relative adverb to introduce a time-based clause, yielding a smooth and idiomatic sentence.
In summary, option 3 correctly forms a grammatically natural temporal clause, whereas the other two options produce awkward or ungrammatical constructions due to misalignment of relative pronoun usage and temporal meaning.

Question at position 10 Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. The 1930s was a time _____ there was a lot of unemployment and poverty in the United States. which that when单项选择题

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