The mandates established by the 1838 treaty promoting a greater amount

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The mandates established by the 1838 treaty promoting a greater amount of control for Native American nations over the use of river water  flowing through their reservations arrived too late for the Apache tribes living in New Mexico, who had already been displaced  from their lands by the time the treaty was finalized.

A. flowing through their reservations arrived too late for the Apache tribes living in New Mexico, who had already been displaced

B. that flowed through their reservations had arrived too late for the Apache tribes who had lived in New Mexico, displacing them

C. that flowed through their reservations had arrived too late for the Apache tribes living in New Mexico, who were already displaced

D. that flowed through their reservations arriving too late for the Apache tribes who had lived in New Mexico, displacing them

E. flowing through their reservations, which arrived too late for the Apache tribes living in New Mexico, who had already been displaced

vineethk929 · Answer

Imo..B..it uses correct tenses..B n D are contenders ..because of who...and in D we have no verb ...so B

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varmashreekanth · Answer

In my opinion the correct option is B because:-
 'that flowed' is correct
 'who' properly modifies Apache Tribes 
 'displacing them' properly uses the cause and effect relationship.

Please correct me if I am wrong

manasveek · Answer

A) flowing through their reservations arrived too late for the Apache tribes living in New Mexico, who had already been displaced

A seems fine to me.
It correctly identifies sequence of events.
1. Apache tribes got displaced --- hence past perfect-had is used. (to indicate 1st of sequential events)
2. Later Mandates arrived --- 2nd event. So simple past is used

Hence A and E fits to correct verb form. but 'which' is not modifying mandates in E.
So A should be the answer.

Please correct if I'm wrong.
Thanks!

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The mandates established by the 1838 treaty promoting a greater amount

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