Over the past few years

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Over the past few years

by tinashine20 » Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:24 am
Over the past few years, grassroots women's groups in Africa were sounding on a distinctive feminist message, arguing that the gualities displayed by women at the family level, such as fiscal integrity, may be what African nations need to prosper.

A. Over the past few years, grassroots women's groups in Africa were sounding on a distinctive feminist message,

B. During the past few years, a distinctive feminist message, resounding from grassroots women's groups in Africa,

C. Grassroots women's groups in Africa in the past few years have been sounding to a distinctive feminist message,

D. Women's groups in Africa, in the past few years, on the grassroots level have resonated a distinguished feminist message,

E. in the past few years, grassroots women's groups in Africa have been sounding a distinctive feminist message,
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:39 am
tinashine20 wrote:Over the past few years, grassroots women's groups in Africa were sounding on a distinctive feminist message, arguing that the gualities displayed by women at the family level, such as fiscal integrity, may be what African nations need to prosper.

A. Over the past few years, grassroots women's groups in Africa were sounding on a distinctive feminist message,

B. During the past few years, a distinctive feminist message, resounding from grassroots women's groups in Africa,

C. Grassroots women's groups in Africa in the past few years have been sounding to a distinctive feminist message,

D. Women's groups in Africa, in the past few years, on the grassroots level have resonated a distinguished feminist message,

E. in the past few years, grassroots women's groups in Africa have been sounding a distinctive feminist message,
A - use of ON incorrect; WERE SOUNDING requires another past event in sentence; OVER THE YEARS signals to use PERFECT TENSE
B - Fragment (no verb)
C - Placement of IN THE PAST FEW YEARS could modify ARFICA
D- Changes meaning GRASSROOTS GROUPS to ON GRASSROOTS LEVEL; Very different meaning of DISTINCTIVE and DISTINGUISHED

IMO E

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