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A) The Pomo are a people who are native to Northern California and who are known for their intricate basket designs and elaborate weaving skills.


B) Native to Northern California, the Pomo are famous for their intricate basket design and elaborate weaving skill.
Seems to be good, hold.

C) Native to Northern California and known for their intricate basket designs, the Pomo are a people with elaborate weaving skills.
Problem with highlighted portion and change in meaning due to the modifier in the beginning.

D) Native to Northern California, the Pomo are famous for their intricate basket designs and elaborate weaving skills.
Almost same as Choice "B"; need to read parallel with B; hold

E) The Pomo are to Northern California and are famous for their intricate basket designing and elaborate weaving skills.
This is totally non-sensible.


Between B and D; the difference is of skill(s) and skill:

B) the Pomo are famous for their intricate basket designs and elaborate weaving skills.
D) the Pomo are famous for their intricate basket design and elaborate weaving skill.

I am not very technically sure, however I feel, plural "skills" is needed to make sense with "The Pomo".
Request generis guide on this.

I also chose D.

A) The Pomo are a people who are native to Northern California and who are known for their intricate basket designs and elaborate weaving skills.
I found A to be quite wordy. In addition, I felt A could be structured much better. Why? The main clause of the sentence simply states that the Pomo are a people. The modifiers although essential, seem to express more important details about the Pomo people. I am not sure and I stand to be corrected whether there is a subject-verb agreement issue here since Pomo refer to the entirety of the native people. Keep A.

B) Native to Northern California, the Pomo are famous for their intricate basket design and elaborate weaving skill.
This is structured much better than A and more concise than A. We can see that the main clause is: the Pomo are famous for their intricate basket design and elaborate weaving skill. My only contention with B is whether the Pomo as a people only have a basket design and a weaving skill. Keep B and eliminate A.

C) Native to Northern California and known for their intricate basket designs, the Pomo are a people with elaborate weaving skills.
Structurally, C is similar to A. The main clause is: the Pomo are a people. Just as in A, important details are provided as modifiers. In addition, C would be better expressed their intricate designs is rather made parallel to their elaborate weaving skills. Eliminate C.

D) Native to Northern California, the Pomo are famous for their intricate basket designs and elaborate weaving skills.
D has the same superior structure as B and maintains the plurality of designs and skills in the original sentence. Logically I believe the Pomo as a people have more than one weaving skill and basket design. So, I feel D is superior to B. Eliminate B.

E) The Pomo are [native] to Northern California and are famous for their intricate basket designing and elaborate weaving skills.
E is the worst of the lot and the easiest to eliminate in my view. First of all, native is omitted from the sentence and secondly designing and skills are not parallel. Eliminate E.

The OE for this one will definitely be special

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