At the time of the Mexican

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At the time of the Mexican

by ektamatta » Sun May 25, 2008 2:20 pm
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 E
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by astrologer » Mon May 26, 2008 9:47 am
It might be E ?

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by s_raizada » Mon May 26, 2008 1:00 pm
had been is required to show that some action started in past and continued for some time

A - unidiomatic. a modifer never starts with 'to'
B - parallelism error a form ..... and respected
C - respected ... and a form
D - passive

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