The rank of General of the Armies, the highest rank in the US Army, created for the supreme US commander in the First World War, John Pershing, but in 1976, George Washington had a posthumous promotion to this rank to make no other American in history outrank him.
A. created for the supreme US commander in the First World War, John Pershing, but in 1976, George Washington had a posthumous promotion to this rank to make no other American in history
B. created for John Pershing, the supreme US commander in the First World War, was given to George Washington in 1976 in posthumous promotion to this rank, making no other American in history to
C. was created for the supreme US commander in the First World War, John Pershing, with George Washington getting posthumously promoted to this rank, so that no other American in history would
D. was created for John Pershing, who was the supreme US commander in the First World War; in 1976, George Washington was posthumously promoted to this rank, so that no other American in history would
E. was created for the supreme US commander in the First World War, John Pershing; furthermore, George Washington was given a promotion to this rank posthumously in 1976, with the purpose that no other American in history would hold any rank that would
OA D
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The attention of this article is on the grammatical arrangement and sentence formation.
Option A - INCORRECT
Here, there is clearly no difference between what's been asked to do in the question passage and the sentence provided in the option . It does invalidate the option A.
Option B - INCORRECT
The sentence is present in form of "John pershing " but the object is not stated clearly which makes the statement more ambiguous. Although it still remain logical albeit with little semblance to the content.
Option C - INCORRECT
The statement seeks to explain the George washington got the award alongside John Pershing which is not correct because he only got his after John Pershing had gotten his.
Option D- CORRECT
First and foremost, the punctuation here i.e semi colon explains the difference between the subject and object predicates in this sentence formation. It is clear who first got the award and why and how George washington got his although after his death.
Option E - INCORRECT
The statement here is not grammatically in line with set-up. The arbitrary use of punctuation seeks to change the meaning of the statement.
Option A - INCORRECT
Here, there is clearly no difference between what's been asked to do in the question passage and the sentence provided in the option . It does invalidate the option A.
Option B - INCORRECT
The sentence is present in form of "John pershing " but the object is not stated clearly which makes the statement more ambiguous. Although it still remain logical albeit with little semblance to the content.
Option C - INCORRECT
The statement seeks to explain the George washington got the award alongside John Pershing which is not correct because he only got his after John Pershing had gotten his.
Option D- CORRECT
First and foremost, the punctuation here i.e semi colon explains the difference between the subject and object predicates in this sentence formation. It is clear who first got the award and why and how George washington got his although after his death.
Option E - INCORRECT
The statement here is not grammatically in line with set-up. The arbitrary use of punctuation seeks to change the meaning of the statement.
