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The catastrophic San Francisco Earthquake at the turn of the century destroyed numerous buildings and many were lead to believe tha the city had become a permanent disaster zone.

a. many were led to believe that the city had become
b. many had been led to believing of the city as if it were
c. the belief this led to was that the city had become
d. led many to the belief of the city as if it were
e. led many to believe that the city had become

ANS: D

E is the best answer to this question.


a)sounds passsive
b)past perfect and present continous and as if it were points more towards earthquake then the city.
c)destroyed numerous buildings and the belief sounds like earthquake destroyed both city and belief.
d)belief of the city sounds like city has its own philosophy.

Parallelism.
Earthquake destroyed and LED...