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by anksm22 » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:08 am
Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.
(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he
(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had
(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he
(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he


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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:34 am
anksm22 wrote:Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.
(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he
(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had
(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he
(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he
A: Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London...did not mean
Here, the portion in red is a MODIFIER and thus cannot serve as the subject of did not mean.
Eliminate A.

C: Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London, it did not mean
E: Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London, it did not mean
In each of these options, it seems to refer to the MODIFIER in red.
A modifier cannot serve as the referent for a pronoun.
Eliminate C and E.

In D, the fact (subject) lacks a verb.
Eliminate D.

The correct answer is B.
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