Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
A. Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win
B. She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerlöf in 1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won
C. Selma Lagerlöf was a novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and in 1909 she became the first woman in addition to the first Swedish writer winning
D. A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf became in 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win
E. As a novelist, Selma Lagerlöf turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 becoming the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won
OE D
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Answer is D
A)the second part should have the name of the writer first as the first part is modifying the name of the writer not the year.
B)Bizzare construction..begins with she and then includes Selma...as if there are two people.
C)The part in addition to ..winning is not correct...It means that there was one more writer to win .Participle winning is not correct...
E)That won is incorrect. That and which are not used to refer to people.
A)the second part should have the name of the writer first as the first part is modifying the name of the writer not the year.
B)Bizzare construction..begins with she and then includes Selma...as if there are two people.
C)The part in addition to ..winning is not correct...It means that there was one more writer to win .Participle winning is not correct...
E)That won is incorrect. That and which are not used to refer to people.
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A,B and C are outsrc_saurav wrote:Answer is D
A)the second part should have the name of the writer first as the first part is modifying the name of the writer not the year.
B)Bizzare construction..begins with she and then includes Selma...as if there are two people.
C)The part in addition to ..winning is not correct...It means that there was one more writer to win .Participle winning is not correct...
E)That won is incorrect. That and which are not used to refer to people.
But, in E 'which' is used for things and animals and 'who' is used for people but 'that' can be used for both of them that is a fact. So, please give another explanation for E