Although drawing together in times of crisis and occasionally gathered

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Although drawing together in times of crisis and occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together, the neighbouring bands  they still spent the vast majority of their time in complete isolation and independence.

A. Although drawing together in times of crisis and occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together, the neighbouring bands

B. Although neighbouring bands drew together in times of crisis and occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together,

C. Although they drew closer in times of crisis and neighbouring bands occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together, the bands

D. They gathered occasionally to hunt or feast together and although drawing together in times of crisis, the neighbouring bands

E. The neighbouring bands , although they drew together in times of crisis and they occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together

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AyushAgrawal1005 · Answer

Getting confused between B & E

Tapesh03 · Answer

IMO B.
For E - I think the noun “the neighbouring bands” is missing the verb.

Anshurana · Answer

Hi Ayush,

I hope your Doubt is clear by now.
If not i would like to my 2 cents here.
There is a clear error of modifiers here.

A. Although drawing together in times of crisis and occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together, the neighbouring bands -  Neighbouring bands and They (they still spent the vast majority of their time )cant come together as "they" Pronoun is referring to neighbouring band both antecedent and pronoun cant come together right after comma(,)

B. Although neighbouring bands drew together in times of crisis and occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together, -  This is  CORRECT  , Here they is correctly referring to neighbouring bands.

C. Although they drew closer in times of crisis and neighbouring bands occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together, the bands -  again same as A , the Bands and they are comin together

D. They gathered occasionally to hunt or feast together and although drawing together in times of crisis, the neighbouring bands-  same as A

E. The neighbouring bands , although they drew together in times of crisis and they occasionally gathered to hunt or feast together -   There is no pronoun antecedent errors , but the contrast is not written properly here

Although drawing together in times of crisis and occasionally gathered

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