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The most prominent result of Professor Winick's archaeological research has been [u]discovering that a pharaoh who had ruled in the last days of Egypt was buried with fewer artifacts than their[/u] earlier counterparts.
A. discovering that a pharaoh who had ruled in the last days of Egypt was buried with fewer artifacts than their
B. the discovery that pharaohs who had ruled in the last days of Egypt were not buried with as many artifacts as their
C. to discover that pharaohs, which ruled in the last days of Egypt, was buried with fewer artifacts than their
D. the discovery that pharaohs who ruled in the last days of Egypt were buried with fewer artifacts than were their
E. to discover that a pharaoh who ruled in the last days of Egypt was buried with fewer artifacts than were hisMy question is this: the correct answer D changes the meaning of the sentence even though it has better grammar.
The original sentence talks about the archaeologist's discovery of a single pharaoh, (not multiple pharaohs) who ruled at the end of Egypt who has less artifacts than his predecessors.
I immediately ruled out any answer choices that spoke of pharaohs in the plural. I understand that E is not grammatically perfect but I thought the main point of any answer in Sentence Correction was that it not change the meaning of the original sentence? Am I wrong? Thanks.
