Sentence Correction

11. A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that

(C) works for me here...

(A) incorrectly uses were published for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(B) Tempting choice, but (C) makes the point much clearer.

I want to add another question along with saurabh_1922's question here.

What if option (A)
=> A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
was instead
=> A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,

would (C) still be the correct choice?

Thanks.

Yes. in your second Question the choice (C) would be correct. In common usage both A and C are correct but C is more clear....

I am still not certain, why B is wrong...

So are D & E wrong because they make Mark Twain the subject instead of the letter?

simplyjat wrote:I am still not certain, why B is wrong...

B is wrong.....it looks awkward..

publication as...

it should be publication of

I also don't understand why B doesn't work. 'Publication of' doesn't make sense.

B is incorrect because it says
"A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication "
here modifier is for letter by Mark which was published, but publication should be only for book not for the letter.

Any lead on why b is wrong?

in dictionary there are 2 idioms which we need to remember

NOUN1 is the same as NOUN2

the same NOUN that clause

C is left

Hi Experts,

I need to know why exactly D and E do not work here....

Thanks!

written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published

bold words make the year precise ...

I was taught to run away from nominalization as much as possible.... in this case, you are stuck between B and C. B has the publication and C has published. Just choose the one that does not have nominalization. This is coming from my Prep Class teacher.....

Hello Folks,

Help me out wid noder option.

Option A is

A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,

Had it been:

A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as that of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ,

will it be the correct answer?