Sentence Correction

In contrast to the high value the Hopi Native Americans placed on retaining their ancestral lands, Nez Perce Native Americans left their lands and fled over 100 miles, fighting the US Army several times along the way, in an unsuccessful bid for freedom.

A the high value the Hopi Native Americans placed on retaining their ancestral lands
B the high value, for the Hopi Native Americans, in retaining their ancestral lands
C the ancestral lands of the Hopi Native Americans, the retention of which held high value for them
D the Hopi Native Americans placing the high value on retaining their ancestral lands
E the Hopi Native Americans, who placed high value on retaining their ancestral lands


OA E

Source: Magoosh

The sentence is comparing the Hopi native Americans who placed high value in order to retain their ancestral lands to the Nez Perce native Americans who left their lands and fled.

Option A - Incorrect
The preposition that begins the clause changes the meaning of the sentence. It makes the sentence absurd and incorrect.

Option B - Incorrect
This comma used in-between these phrases makes the sentence seem illogical.

Option C - Incorrect
''The retention of which held high value for them'' changes the intended meaning of the sentence. It doesn't show the comparison at all.

Option D - Incorrect
It is wrong because there's no subject-verb agreement. Using the present continuous verb ''placing'' to explain an event that has happened in the past.

Option E - Correct
Option E uses the correct idiom to compare both sentences structurally and correctly