Sentence Correction

The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the
mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it
directly with an ichana (dream) experience.
A. contact with it directly with
B. direct contact with it by way of
C. contact with the last directly through
D. direct contact with the latter by means of
E. contact directly with the mystical level due to


i MARKE E WH CANNOT BE RIGHT

Is the answer D...........

yes why e..pls explain

I think the Answer is D!

A and B are out becuase it does not specifically refer to the levels. Does it refer to material level or mystical level?

E the correct idiom is contact...through not contact....due to. Eliminate.

Between C and D the correct idiom when discerning two options is the former or latter. The last is not idiomatically correct. latter here refers to mystical level.

GHong14 wrote:I think the Answer is D!

A and B are out becuase it does not specifically refer to the levels. Does it refer to material level or mystical level?

E the correct idiom is contact...through not contact....due to. Eliminate.

Between C and D the correct idiom when discerning two options is the former or latter. The last is not idiomatically correct. latter here refers to mystical level.

In E, we have due to which is not correct in this case.
due to = one thumb rule is, due to is preceded by TO BE verb.

I noticed that the subject of this sentence talks about changing the meaning from the original.

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https://www.beatthegmat.com/the-truth-ab ... tml#342304

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