Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 18, Nov 26th 2010

Seeming to be the only organization fighting for the rights of poor people in the South, HoseaHudson, a laborer in Alabama, joined the Communist party in 1931.

(A) Seeming to be
(B) As
(C) In that they seemed
(D) Since it seemed
(E) Because it seemed to be

Solution (Posted on Nov 27th):

(A) Hosea Hudson is the name of the person and the organization.
(B) Same as A
(C) They – ambiguous pronoun
(D) Seemed the only organization – wrong transition
(E) CORRECT; it clears the issue of the entire phrase seeming to modify Hosea Hudson. It here refersto the communist party. A classic case where a pronoun is required to cause clarity.

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