vaibhav.iit2002 wrote:26. A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa


My ques is do we always require comma before which[when which can be used as an alternative to a modifier] as we do before a modifier?[e.g. options c and d]

Karen wrote:It's A.

One problem with B and C -- aside from their being awkward -- is that the modifiers are used restrictively: that is, they sound as if they're saying that he advocated that Blacks go to just the African land that symbolized freedom to him, not some other African land.

D and E say that he wanted just one Black person to go. They're awkward too, but you can eliminate them on the most obvious grounds right away.

punitkaur wrote:One reason why the option D seems incorrect to me and IMO cannot be compared to C is because of the idiom usage "advocated that". Its missing "that"