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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sainagalla
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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
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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IMO:Asainagalla 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...!!
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