72. Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and stories.
(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured
(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarch’s home, which featured
(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring
(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured
(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured
D
D it is
Why D and not E?
I pick E…why not E?
It’s E. D would be wrong because it sounds as if Aho is her home and not herself.
Its E
its D
I agree with Hodges. Although both D and E use commas for different reasons, E is a concise way of displaying the meaning of the sentence.
In her home,
Strange, I had more explanation of how E was the answer in my first comment, but it was cut up for some reason.
D mixes appositives and introductory phrases, making it sound like the matriarch lived in a place named Aho.
E could easily make sense without the comma section: Aho held festivals in her home that featured.
Therefore E is answer.
The answer is E.
I feel B.
D and E speak only about the festival that featured certain things, which is not the case. Actual sense of the sentence is all the festivals and during all those festivals the remaining points featured. featured
The problem with B is that “Festivals were held in Aho” is too passive.
It’s better to say “Aho held festivals in her home” which is more active. “a Kiowa matriarch” is used to describe Aho.
Also, looking at B, did her home feature these things or did the festival feature these things.
Answer should be E. Here is something that may help:
http://pov.imv.au.dk/Issue_18/section_1/artc9A.html
Do a search on the page for Aho and for kiowa
C.
Considering the law of parallelism,
ans is E
E
# E
It is D, because in E the that can refer either to festivals or to home
E
E