option c says land, respected and E says land that had been pre-columbian
Both get their meaning wrong. since what was respected was the communal ownershipand with E we get that the land was pre-columbian sine use of that immediately refer to the noun preceding it
D seems all wrong
Between A and B
The second half of B seems wrong And respected does not clearly indicate what it refers to
A it is clear what is being respected

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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


My Ans is E) because its concise and also it immediately precedes the subject.

Kindly correct me if i am wrong.

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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


Options B, C and D are simply not correct... they change the meaning of the sentence...

Option E: land was not having a pre-columbian form of ownership. The Mexicans were considering a return to a form of ownership that must be prevalent before. And so the the land was not the pre-columbian form of ownership...

You can say that it was some kind of a policy related to the land.

That is the difference, small but an important one...

Hope this really helps!

[email protected] wrote: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


Options B, C and D are simply not correct... they change the meaning of the sentence...

Option E: land was not having a pre-columbian form of ownership. The Mexicans were considering a return to a form of ownership that must be prevalent before. And so the the land was not the pre-columbian form of ownership...

You can say that it was some kind of a policy related to the land.

That is the difference, small but an important one...

Hope this really helps!

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