OG10-17 为何OG说people describes the residents

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Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 yearsindicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespreadculture of Algonquian-speaking people.
(A)were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people

(B)had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking

(C)were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking

(D)had been people who were part of a widespread culture that wasAlgonquian-speaking

(E)were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture



Choice A is best because itcorrectly uses the simple past tense, the residents... at that time were,and because it is the most concise. In B and D, the replacement of werewith the past perfect had been needlessly changes theoriginal meaning by suggesting that the Native Americans had previously ceasedto be part of the widespread culture. All of the choices but A are wordy, and in C, D, and E the word peopleredundantly describes the residents rather than thelarger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are alsoimprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people,spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tensesand an error of pronoun reference, people which.

见highlighted那句话，不明白为何OG说C,D和E中的people describes the residents，请NN帮忙指导一下，谢谢先。

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tks。