shawrochis
Whatever he aspired to achieve, they were hindered by his jealous stepbrothers.
A. Whatever he aspired to achieve, they
B. Whatever he had any aspirations to, they
C. Whatever aspirations he had
D. Whatever be his aspiration, they
E. Many of his aspirations and goals
Nobody gave an explanation, why E is wrong.
It is obviously not because aspirations and goals are redundant (Sorry, Broall).
They are not redundant.
And it certainly has a main clause.
In E is the same error as here:
Jack's room is so messy that (his) mother calls (him) a pig. It is wrong - we have not the antecendent for "his", "him".
But this one is right:
Jack has a room so messy that his mother calls him a pig. We have antecedent - John.
E. Many of his aspirations and goals were hindered by his jealous stepbrothers - sounds ok, but is wrong because of lack of antecedent for "his"
C. Whatever aspirations he had were hindered by his jealous stepbrothers - sounds not as good as E, but is right because of antecdent "he"