Stonehenge, the most famous of the English megalithic monuments, has excited the attention of historians since early times, and according to some medieval historians it was erected by Aurelius Ambrosius in memory of a number of British chiefs whom Hengist and his Saxons treacherously murdered in A.D. 462, some believe that Ambrosius himself was buried there. A)Stonehenge, the most famous of the English megalithic monuments, has excited the attention of historians since early times, and according to some medieval historians it was erected by Aurelius Ambrosius in memory of a number of British chiefs whom Hengist and his Saxons treacherously murdered in A.D. 462,
some believe that Ambrosius himself was buried there. -
This is a run on. Two independent clauses can't be connected with a comma.B)Exciting the attention of the historians since early times and the most famous of the English megalithic monuments, Stonehenge, according to some of the medieval historians,
it was erected by Aurelius Ambrosius in memory of a number of British chiefs
who Hengist and his Saxons treacherously murdered in A.D. 462, and some believe that Ambrosius himself was buried there. -
1. Pronoun "it" is wrongly used. 2. "who" is wrongly used. Since british chiefs is an object we need whomC)According to some of the medieval historians, Stonehenge, erected by Aurelius Ambrosius in memory of a number of British chiefs whom Hengist and his Saxons treacherously murdered in A.D. 462, and exciting the attention of historians since early times as the most famous of the English megalithic monuments,
in which some believe Ambrosius himself may have been buried. -
1. in which changes the meaning 2. this is a fragment with no main verbD)Stonehenge has excited the attention of historians since early times, and according to some medieval historians it was erected by Aurelius Ambrosius in memory of a number of British chiefs whom Hengist and his Saxons treacherously murdered;
in A.D. 462, some believe that Ambrosius himself was buried there as it is the most famous of the English megalithic monuments. -
Complete change in meaningE)According to some medieval historians, Stonehenge, the most famous of the English megalithic monuments, was erected by Aurelius Ambrosius in memory of a number of British chiefs whom Hengist and his Saxons treacherously murdered in A.D. 462; it has excited the attention of historians since early times, and some believe that Ambrosius himself was buried there. -
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