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[Marrion]

[1] He arrived half an hour late,_______ annoyed us very much.

a. that b. as c. which d. what
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Why is the answer of [1] only "c"? I guess that the answer is "b", too.
So I wonder why the answer isn't "b".
And

I want to know the differerence between Quasi-Relative Pronoun "as" and Relative Pronoun "which".
===============================================[2] I said nothing, as made her angry.
Is [2] correct?
Some people say that "as" is not correct in [2] and "which" is true in [2], not "as".
Are you agree?

[pugachevV]

Which is the only correct answer in your example.
I have never heard "as" described as a quasi-relative pronoun, and your use of it in the second sentence is incorrect.
Which is used as a relative pronoun, in that it introduces a clause giving further information about something previously mentioned.

[Marrion]

[1] He is absent, as is often the case.
[2] He was a foreigner, which we knew from his accent.
[3] He was a foreigner, as we knew from his accent.
[4] He was a foreigner, which we knew from his accent.
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Are all these sentences correct?