gomax1199 wrote:
What many think is a fancy drink is actually very basic cocktail; a Batida is simply Cachaca or vodka to which has been added fruit juice and sugar.
e) added to which is fruit juice and sugar
Dear experts,
I have three question regarding answer choice e).
1) According to the explanation in the book, e) is wrong because juice and sugar require plural form. Is plural verb the only problem? If we replace "is" with "are", do we make a correct sentence.
What many think is a fancy drink is actually very basic cocktail; a Batida is simply Cachaca or vodka added to which are fruit juice and sugar.
What I am concerned here is that in a relative clause, can we put the verb at the beginning like that - ...added to which..
2) When we put the preposition before relative pronoun - ...to which..., is a comma required (in both restrictive clause and non-restrictive clause)
3) Is it acceptable to use Present Perfect tense there in the correct answer - to which fruit juice and sugar have been added? Is this usage common?
Thank you
1. Yes, it would be grammatically correct with a plural verb "are". However flipping the subject (fruit juice and sugar) and the verb (is added) is unnecessary. Moreover present perfect is better than simple present because of the reason stated in point 3 below.
2. Usage of comma follows the same rule for any modifier - Restrictive modifier does not require a comma, whereas a non-restrictive does.
3. Yes, present perfect is alright. The drink gets ready only after the mixing is done. Hence to depict that the the verb "to mix" occurs before the verb "is", present perfect is used.