The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were

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The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor that had been traveling  to Washington, D.C. together on the Liberty Express in 1907.
 
A. The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor that had been traveling
B. The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor, who traveled
C. A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars who traveled
D. A president, a senator, and a governor who were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars to travel
E. A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars traveling

rlevochkin · Answer

looks like traveling incorrectly modifies cars

nusmavrik · Answer

Whenever talking about people use "who" personal pronoun. Only B, C and D left.

B. The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor, who traveled >> Answer who refers to "passengers" which is a group of people
C. A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars who traveled >> needs comma before who. who refers to passengers
D. A president, a senator, and a governor who were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars to travel >> who has more than one referrent - you dont know which. "who" reference should be unambiguous and should refer to a single person/group.

I want to see more explanation from someone else why C is wrong.

gautrang · Answer

"B. The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor, who traveled"

I was so sure that writing this way would could confusion, at least I was confused by it, I thought that only the governor is the one traveled then. I let (B) go in 1.5 seconds.

ImJun · Answer

I chose B here
Choices C, D and E are gramatically correct but change the meaning.
A sounds awkward with the improper usage of perfect tense

rohitgoel15 · Answer

Nice ques. B for me for reasons cited above

lnarayanan · Answer

The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor that had been traveling to Washington, D.C. together on the Liberty Express in 1907.

A. The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor that had been traveling - Verb - " That had been " - Wrong

B. The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor, who traveled-Correct

C. A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars who traveled -
who refers to nearest noun ( Mordern rail cars) - Wrong

D. A president, a senator, and a governor who were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars to travel - Relative Pronoun " who were the first political leader " - refers to only the Governor ... " SO IT IS WRONG "

E. A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars traveling - In this sentence Main verb should be " traveling " - it just came here as a participle. So wrong

vwjetty · Answer

B just sounds like. They weren't "traveling" because they already "traveled"

as a matter of facted, they're already dead lol

kissthegmat · Answer

"who traveled" correctly modifies the a president, a senator, and a governor.
Option B is right,

The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were

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