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Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a co

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:58 pm

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Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people.

A. Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power

B. Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power

C. Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power

D. Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power

E. Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power

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by deloitte247 » Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:49 pm
Option A:- INCORRECT
misplaced modification, India should come after modifier phrase. Here, its refers to Britain, not India

Option B:- INCORRECT
This suffers same fate as Option A above. "before its independence" should be followed by India not Britain.

Option C:- INCORRECT
This option has its modification well corrected but there is an ambiguous pronoun 'they'.

Option D:- INCORRECT
'Had been ruled' is a sort of repetition or tautology and the redundant use of words makes it irrelevant, thus too wordy.

Option E:- CORRECT
'Had been a colony of British' is more forthright. So to say, it gives more logical and concrete construction than option D above.
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