At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
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A- Wrong. You need a description after a comma, you should not use "to".
B- Wrong. "and" should be replaced with "that is".
C- Wrong. Same as B and even more awkward.
D- Wrong. You don't use "in" here since we don't talk about an actual land. We are talking about a law/system.
E- Correct. It correctly uses "that" to describe the system. Also "had" is correct here since "been" is a past event that is before the other past event "proposed".
B- Wrong. "and" should be replaced with "that is".
C- Wrong. Same as B and even more awkward.
D- Wrong. You don't use "in" here since we don't talk about an actual land. We are talking about a law/system.
E- Correct. It correctly uses "that" to describe the system. Also "had" is correct here since "been" is a past event that is before the other past event "proposed".
