Which of the following sentences contains a dependent clause? a. the three deer kicked, leaped, and behaved like rambunctious rabbits. b. jared eagerly climbed into the boxing ring; he was on his back and out for the count in less than ten seconds. c. the red sports car that was parked under the tree belongs to alan. d. clear the table and wash the dishes.

The answer is C, I think.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.