souvik101990 wrote:
In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that brought its western border within reach of the Pacific Ocean.
A. In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that brought
B. For about four cents an acre the United States acquired, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country's size and it brought
C. With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and bringing
D. The United States, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, for about four cents an acre, acquired 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country's size, bringing
E. Acquiring 828,000 square miles in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States bought it for about four cents an acre, more than doubling the country's size and bringing
A. '
which' modifies a noun and cannot introduce the results of a clause
'that' as a demonstrative adjective cannot be used in such an ambiguous way, without a noun attached to it, on GMAT
B. '
doubling' is here a present participle, which modifies the verb+ subject in the previous sentence. '
it brought' is a new clause, so it is not structurally parallel to
'doubling', and also 'it brought' needs a comma before
'and' because it starts a new independent
clause
C.
Correct!D. The placement of first two modifiers is awkward.
The last two modifiers are wrongly separated by comma rather than by
and, confusing the reader that what they each modify
E. 'it' in this sentence refers to 'Louisiana'. But in the last part of the sentence
'its' refers to the 'the United States', hence this usage of pronouns is ambiguous.
Also, perhaps, since 'Louisiana' is used as a noun adjective, it cannot play the role of an antecedent for
'it'Furthermore, perhaps, since '
Louisiana Purchase', written with capital letters in this question, forms a single, compound proper noun, and
'it' might refer to the whole
'Louisiana Purchase', which is not the intended antecedent.