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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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IMHO B
D and E : Improper Modifier
A : "were" published..
C : Unidiomatic
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OA is C.. hey seekmba, can you pls. explain ?
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(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,
"written in the same year that XYZ was published" is anytime better than
"written in the same year of publication as XYZ"
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(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, were published is wrong (B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, wrong comparision(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
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A. subj-verb mismatch
B. awkward construction until if you find a better one
C. the best one, hence the answer
D. subject should be "a letter"
E. subject should be "a letter"
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(C)(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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