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
OA E
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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.
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.
