for it to fall

[azz]

Can one say

a. They put a bucket on the door so that it would fall on my head when I came in.
b. They put a bucket on the door for it to fall on my head when I came in.
c. They put a bucket on the door to fall on my head when I came in.
?

Many thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

a. is the best of the three.

 

[Matthew Wai]

How about 'They put a bucket on the door, which would fall on my head when I came in.'?

Not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's unnecessarily wordy.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Would it be less wordy to say 'They put a bucket on the door before I came in'?

 

[bhaisahab]

Yes, it would, Matthew. It wouldn't give the same message, though.

 

[MikeNewYork]

How about 'They put a bucket on the door, which would fall on my head when I came in.'?

Not a teacher.

In that sentence, the door would fall on his/her head.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Can 'bucket' be the antecedent of 'which' below?

'They put a bucket on the door, which would fall on my head when I came in.'

 

[MikeNewYork]

Logically, yes; grammatically, no.

On the door they balanced a bucket which would fall on my head when I came in.