Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonguian-speaking people.
A. same
B. had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking
C. were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
D. had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
E. were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture
I had a difficult time to pick up the answer. None of them seemed right to me. Eventually I picked C, but OA is A.
The part that confuses me is that, in original sentence, it says "residents...were part of a culture of certain people". And I thought residents should be part of certain people, who are Algonquian-speaking.
However, in the OA, explanation for choice C says "Algonquian-speaking should refer to people, not culture."
So can I say "English-speaking culture"? And residents are part of a culture?
Source: OG Verbal Review, SC section question 3.
A. same
B. had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking
C. were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
D. had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
E. were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture
I had a difficult time to pick up the answer. None of them seemed right to me. Eventually I picked C, but OA is A.
The part that confuses me is that, in original sentence, it says "residents...were part of a culture of certain people". And I thought residents should be part of certain people, who are Algonquian-speaking.
However, in the OA, explanation for choice C says "Algonquian-speaking should refer to people, not culture."
So can I say "English-speaking culture"? And residents are part of a culture?
Source: OG Verbal Review, SC section question 3.
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