USADream wrote:
Native to south america, when peanuts were introduced to Africa by Portuguese explorers early in the sixteenth century they were quickly adopted into Africa's agriculture, probably because of being so similar to the Bambarra groundnut, a popular indigenous plant.
(A) when peanuts were introduced to Africa by Portuguese explorers early in sixteenth century they were quickly adopted into Africa's agriculture, probably because of being
(B) peanuts having been introduced to Africa by Portuguese explorers early in the sixteenth century and quickly adopted into Africa's agriculture, probably because of being
(C) peanuts were introduced to Africa by Portuguese explorers early in the sixteenth century and were quickly adopted into Africa's agriculture, probably because they were
(D) peanuts,introduced to Africa by Portuguese explorers early in the sixteenth century and quickly adopted into Africa's agriculture, probably because they were
(E) peanuts,introduced to Africa by Portuguese explorers early in the sixteenth century and having been quickly adopted into Africa's agriculture, probably because they were
Hello all,
(A) has a clear modifier error- when is used to show time reference. A is out.
(B) having been introduced shows the previous of a series of events, but there is none.
because should be followed by a clause (presenting a reason) not with a prepo phrase.
(C) peanuts were introdced and were quickly adopted because they were ---- the error has been corrected.
(D)peanuts has no verb as everything mentioned has been transformed into a modifier.
(E) peanuts has no verb also having been quickly adopted shows a series of events which is not there.
Thanks.