Nigeria Achieved full independence in 1960

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Nigeria Achieved full independence in 1960

by 786 » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:50 pm
When Nigeria achieved full independence in 1960, they had already established a federal political structure consisting of three regions based on the three major population clusters that were in its borders.

(D) it had already established a federal political structure that consisted of three regions based on the three major population clusters within
(E) it already had established a federal political structure consisting of three regions being based on the three major population clusters it had within

Answer is D .
It is easy to eliminate E on the basis on the unnecessary being
My question is the order of the highlighted words . Does that help in any way in eliminating the choices . Which order is better ? Are both correct ?
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:40 am
786 wrote:When Nigeria achieved full independence in 1960, they had already established a federal political structure consisting of three regions based on the three major population clusters that were in its borders.

(D) it had already established a federal political structure that consisted of three regions based on the three major population clusters within
(E) it already had established a federal political structure consisting of three regions being based on the three major population clusters it had within

Answer is D .
It is easy to eliminate E on the basis on the unnecessary being
My question is the order of the highlighted words . Does that help in any way in eliminating the choices . Which order is better ? Are both correct ?
You haven't highlighted any words in the sentence............had already is much better than already had

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