mikemcgarry wrote:
Thoreau stood by his principles and, going to jail, instead of paying taxes supporting the Mexican-American War that he felt was unjust.
(A) Thoreau stood by his principles and, going to jail, instead of paying taxes supporting the Mexican-American War that he felt was unjust.
(B) Standing by his principles and going to jail, rather than paying taxes, Thoreau felt the Mexican-American War to be unjust.
(C) Thoreau did not pay taxes supporting the Mexican-American War because he felt it was unjust; instead, he stood by his principles and went to jail.
(D) Feeling the Mexican-American War was unjust, Thoreau, instead of paying taxes, stood by his principles and went to jail, because they supported it.
(E) Rather than paying taxes supporting the Mexican-American War, Thoreau, standing by his principles and going to jail, felt it as unjust.
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