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China was united under the Qin and Han before Buddhism would

by BTGmoderatorDC » Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:12 pm

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China was united under the Qin and Han before Buddhism would have been introduced, united again four centuries later in the Tang Dynasty, a time now regarded as the "golden age" of Chinese Buddhism.

A. was united under the Qin and Han before Buddhism would have been introduced, united

B. had been united under the Qin and Han before Buddhism had been introduced, united

C. had been united under the Qin and Han before Buddhism was introduced, and it was united

D. was united under the Qin and Han before Buddhism had been introduced, and they were united

E. was united under the Qin and Han before Buddhism would have been introduced, and they had been united

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by deloitte247 » Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:08 pm

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OPTION A:- INCORRECT
The underlined sentence is an independent clause that can stand on its own, therefore, immediately after the last comma, a verb cannot follow it again. Also in this option, the use of 'was'does not clearly show that one event occur before another.

OPTION B:- INCORRECT
It has some similarities with option A above as a verb cannot begin the second independent clause after comma, a conjunction is needed to connect the two clause.

OPTION C:- CORRECT
This option puts all features in place. First of all, the use of a conjunction to link the two verbs. Secondly, the pronoun 'it' is an antecedent of noun china
so it remains singular not like the options below that introduced it with a plural pronoun.

OPTION D:- INCORRECT
Even though this option connects the two independent clause with the right conjunction. It seems wrong when the pronoun that acts as the antecedent of china. they is a plural pronoun. China is a country that compromise people but it is regarded as a singular entity in this case.

OPTION E:- INCORRECT
Watch out for the similar error that happened in option D above. Singular noun needs a singular pronoun. "they had been united" emphasis on they which is a plural pronoun used against a singular noun China
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