goalsnr 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
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
Hi all,
There has been a lot of discussion on OA here.
its clearly A. D and E just dont fit in ..
if i rewrite the complete sentence with option D..
Native American literatures,
which some scholars once thought 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.
two reasons..
1) the clause started with "which" does not have a comma in the end telling us where it ends.. here the 'comma' logically should come in non underlined portion after anthropologists. this clearly shows the D and E are not intended to be correct answer.
2) if i strike out the non essential part the sentence reads...
Native American literatures now understand this body of work to..
it is the scholars who now understand this body of work and not native american literatures.
i believe D and E should be the first one to be eliminated rather than being contender for the right choice.
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