Sentence Correction

Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral narratives
recorded by missionaries or anthropologists now understand this body of work to consist
of both oral literatures and the written works of Native American authors, who have been
publishing since 1772.


A. Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral
narratives
B. Scholars thinking of Native American literatures once solely as oral narratives,
and
C. Scholars who once had thought of Native American literatures solely as oral
narratives and
D. Native American literatures, which some scholars once thought were solely oral
narratives
E. Native American literatures, which some scholars once, thinking they were solely
oral narratives

It should be A

One more for A

Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral narratives
recorded by missionaries or anthropologists now understand this body of work to consist
of both oral literatures and the written works of Native American authors, who have been
publishing since 1772.


A. Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral
narratives

Correct answer

B. Scholars thinking of Native American literatures once solely as oral narratives,
and

Unnecessary usage of" as". "relative pronoun (who) need to be used"


C. Scholars who once had thought of Native American literatures solely as oral
narratives and

same as B

D. Native American literatures, which some scholars once thought were solely oral
narratives

Here the subject is scholars and not "Native American literatures"

E. Native American literatures, which some scholars once, thinking they were solely
oral narratives


Here the subject is scholars and not "Native American literatures"

SO A is plain & correct."who" properly introduce the relative pronoun.

Giorgio wrote:It should be A

When is ur exam dude>??

agree with him .

Subject is scholars . Hence who should follow .

Eliminated D and E .

I'd go with A

Hope this helps

gmatmachoman wrote:Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral narratives
recorded by missionaries or anthropologists now understand this body of work to consist
of both oral literatures and the written works of Native American authors, who have been
publishing since 1772.


A. Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral
narratives

Correct answer

B. Scholars thinking of Native American literatures once solely as oral narratives,
and

Unnecessary usage of" as". "relative pronoun (who) need to be used"


C. Scholars who once had thought of Native American literatures solely as oral
narratives and

same as B

D. Native American literatures, which some scholars once thought were solely oral
narratives

Here the subject is scholars and not "Native American literatures"

E. Native American literatures, which some scholars once, thinking they were solely
oral narratives


Here the subject is scholars and not "Native American literatures"

SO A is plain & correct."who" properly introduce the relative pronoun.