SAT II writing section

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<p>I was using the Kaplan book and i came upon this question:</p>

<p>After depositing and burying her eggs, the female sea turtle returns to the water, never to view or nurture the offspring that she is leaving behind:</p>

<p>I was left to these two choices</p>

<li>Never to view or nurture the offspring which she had left behind</li>
<li>Never to view or nurture the offspring she has left behind</li>
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<p>The answer was 2 and i was wondering why 1 wouldn’t work in this case… Is “had” grammatically incorrect or was it just too wordy because it has “which”, an additional added on “wordy” word which isn’t needed.</p>

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<p>Because leaving most time relates to present tense…So that wouldn’t work since its talking about past tense and 2 sounds better…</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice. I know that had is past participle which has is present participle (i believe). I just felt that it should be past participle as she had left them behind already</p>

<p>As it is “never to view” so she had already left them behind</p>

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<p>I thought there was no SAT II Writing anymore?</p>

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<p>I have no idea… i am using the book to study for SAT I writing. Just getting as much practice as i can</p>