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by sainagalla » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:25 am
At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
A. land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
B. land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
C. land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
D. land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
E. land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards

OA after some discussion. Kindly provide explanations...!!
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by rob338 » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:57 am
IMO E

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.

A.land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards - use of 'to' is inappropriate

B.land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards - problem with parallelism.

C.land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership -problem with parallelism.

D.land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards - changes meaning

E.land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards - Correct
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by Ozlemg » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:14 am
E is correct.
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by sainagalla » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:00 pm
OA is A. :(
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by Ozlemg » Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:32 am
woowi very tricky! We need an expert explanation!...
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by mankey » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:21 am
Some discussion on this one please.

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Mankey
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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:49 am
sainagalla wrote:At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
A. land, to what(ownership of land) had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
B. land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards - Worst choice :)
C. land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership - ambiguous
D. land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
E. land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards - refers to land

OA after some discussion. Kindly provide explanations...!!
IMO:A

-GK
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