sher676 wrote:
For almost a hundred years after having its beginning in 1788, England exiled some 160,000 criminals to Australia.
(A) For almost a hundred years after having its beginning in 1788
(B) Beginning in 1788 for a period of a hundred years
(C) Beginning a period of almost a hundred years, in 1788
(D) During a hundred years, a period beginning in 1788.
(E) Over a period of a hundred years beginning in 1788
IMO, the fatal flaw of choice D) is using "a hundred years", which change the the original
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