Sentence Correction

The word "December" is derived from the Latin word for "ten", which seems odd considering it's the twelfth month, but when you realize that the earliest Roman calendar had just ten months, it all makes perfect sense

a) The word "December" is derived from the Latin word for "ten", which seems odd considering it's the twelfth month, but when you realize that the earliest Roman calendar had just ten months, it all makes perfect sense.

b) It seems odd that the name of the twelfth month of the year, "December", is derived from the Latin word for "ten", until you realize that the earliest Roman calendar had just ten months.

c) The word "December" is derived from the Latin word for "ten", which seems odd considering it's the twelfth month, but when you realized that the earliest Roman calendar had just ten months, it all makes perfect sense.

d) It makes perfect sense that the word "December" is derived from the Latin word for "ten", which seems odd considering its the twelfth month, but the earliest Roman calendar had just ten months, so it's logical.

e) Since December is the twelfth month of our calendar year, it seems odd that the word "December" is derived from the Latin word for "ten", but when you realize that the earliest Roman calendar had just ten months, it all makes perfect sense.

OA: B

Please help with explanations.

Thanks

B makes sense, reason, in A C D, ten precedes which, while it is not a proper antecedent. Compared with E B is succint. Further uses of "it" in E has several antecedents, while use of "it" in B is in begini ng and correct in starting a general truth.

I can't find anything wrong with E

True. E seems perfectly fine.

But since B is fine as well and shorter than E, I will go with B.

prachich1987 wrote:I can't find anything wrong with E

prachich1987 wrote:I can't find anything wrong with E

It's fine for spoken English, but it is not ideal. The ambiguity is in "it", both momentarily in it seems odd that because of the initial temptation to have "it" referring back to of the singular nouns "December" or "month" or "year" (though it becomes clear in context), and at the end in it all makes perfect sense. Aside from the shift in "it", it arguably does NOT all make perfect sense -- we haven't gotten a full explanation for why the tenth month became the twelfth and kept its name! It just may not seem as odd. Also "all" is apparently referring to only one fact, the etymology of "December."

Also, in choices ACD - The word "December" -- is considered the twelfth month rather than December itself....Can this be considered to eliminate ACD? Am I thinking right?

Jim@Grockit wrote:
It's fine for spoken English, but it is not ideal. The ambiguity is in "it", both momentarily in it seems odd that because of the initial temptation to have "it" referring back to of the singular nouns "December" or "month" or "year" (though it becomes clear in context), and at the end in it all makes perfect sense. Aside from the shift in "it", it arguably does NOT all make perfect sense -- we haven't gotten a full explanation for why the tenth month became the twelfth and kept its name! It just may not seem as odd. Also "all" is apparently referring to only one fact, the etymology of "December."

Great explanation! Thanks