Sentence Correction

The firsts shots of American revolution,fired at ledington and concord,were according to legend,heard around the world,but news of these shots,which were sent by swift messenger,took four days in reaching new york city as well as another additinal eleven days to reach south carolia

(1) shots,which were sent by swift messenger,took four days in reaching new york city as well as another additinal eleven days

(2)shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reach new york city, and also another eleven days

(3)shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach new york city, and another eleven days

(4)shots took four days by swift messenger in order to reach new york city and and another eleven days in addition

(5)shots took four days by swift messenger to reach new york city and another eleven days

IMO E

IMO its 5

What is wrong with C?

Java_85 wrote:What is wrong with C?

Hi Java,

The problem in C lies in the subject-verb agreement. Here the subject is news (of the first shots)(singular). Whereas, the verb used is were (sent) (plural). Only B and E correct this error.

Is the right answer E?

+1 for {E}
{A} - INCORRECT; "which were" is wrong as per singular "news"
{B} - INCORRECT; "that" is incorrect in "shots that was sent"
{C} - INCORRECT; "were" is used for "news" so "shots that were" is wrong - meaning issue
{D} - INCORRECT; "another" and "in addition" are redundant.
{E} - CORRECT

My answer is B also. Please let us know what is the correct answer.