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by karthikpandian19 » Tue May 08, 2012 12:33 am
11. A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue May 08, 2012 7:08 am
The use of "the same year of publication" in B and E implies that the letter was published, which we don't know.

A has an agreement error; the book title should be singular.

D implies that Twain himself published the book, which we don't know.

C is the best option.
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by karthikpandian19 » Wed May 09, 2012 9:25 pm
OA is C
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