IMO A. OTHERS CLEARLY WRONG FOR OBVIOUS REASONS

"they side" is wrong in meaning and pronoun problem

"had side" is wrong. no reason to use past perfect

"in siding" is wrong in meaning

meaning in C is not clear.

A is left.

this is a hard one. I guessed C.

A "sounds" right, but the modification is ambiguous.
"the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League", the meaning reads as if Oneida along with other 4 nation tribes of the Iroqois League.
additionally, Oneida should be plural, so "was" is not right.

C's structure is:

The Oneida alone (among the five-nation Iroquois League) sided with...
"among the..." is a prep phrase so it can be "removed" without changing the meaning

capnx wrote:this is a hard one. I guessed C.

A "sounds" right, but the modification is ambiguous.
"the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League", the meaning reads as if Oneida along with other 4 nation tribes of the Iroqois League.
additionally, Oneida should be plural, so "was" is not right.

C's structure is:

The Oneida alone (among the five-nation Iroquois League) sided with...
"among the..." is a prep phrase so it can be "removed" without changing the meaning

I think i was wrong b/c who is used wrongly; it should have been that. C seems fine,

IMO E, [the only and one in A] isn't it redundant?
I think League formation occurred before getting influenced.

my reasoning may be wrong

okigbo wrote:Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided

Tricky one. My bet is btw A or C. IMO C. The rest sounds awkward.

A

the only one is better than Alone...

Any thougths by experts on why C is the correct one here??......i am little confused here although I chose C as my answer choice

Please advise

ssgmatter wrote:Any thougths by experts on why C is the correct one here??......i am little confused here although I chose C as my answer choice

Please advise

I'm not expert. But my reason why C is wrong is - there is no verb in C. the sentence is a run-on.

@Papgust...i think C should be the correct answer....what is the OA?

I think C changes meaning of the sentence drastically. A says one of the five nationes and C says one among the five nations. it is clearly change of meaning. Thererfore, IMO A is correct.

okigbo wrote:Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided

C is the correct answer. Please see explanation from Ron.

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/gma ... t2452.html

I believe Oneida is adj so "The Oneida" will take plural verb.

The poor are always poor.

capnx wrote:this is a hard one. I guessed C.

A "sounds" right, but the modification is ambiguous.
"the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League", the meaning reads as if Oneida along with other 4 nation tribes of the Iroqois League.
additionally, Oneida should be plural, so "was" is not right.

C's structure is:

The Oneida alone (among the five-nation Iroquois League) sided with...
"among the..." is a prep phrase so it can be "removed" without changing the meaning

Thanks, Good catch

reply2spg wrote:I think C changes meaning of the sentence drastically. A says one of the five nationes and C says one among the five nations. it is clearly change of meaning. Thererfore, IMO A is correct.

okigbo wrote:Greatly influenced by the Protested missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.
A. was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided
B. was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided
C. alone among the five-nation Iroquois League sided
D. were the only ones out of the five nations of Iroquois League in siding
E. only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided

how does 'one of the five nations' and 'one among the five nations' differ in meaning ?

Best 2 options are A and C.
A:
argument 1: only and one are redundant
my view: only and one are not redundant.. I took it like this.. say there were 2 nations who sided the colonist then we can write: only couple of the five nation league sided the colonist.. no problem !

argument 2: using 'who' for the nation
my view: this could be the reason to eliminate A.. we never say: China who is the biggest exporter, but we say that China, that is the biggest exporter

C:
argument 1: no joining verb 'to be'
my view: it is not necessarily needed. the Oneida alone among the five-nation league sided...... sounds fine!

Hence, IMO answer should be C.