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Verbal·Standard English Conventions·Form, Structure, and Sense

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Robert B. Elliott was one of the nearly two thousand African Americans who won a public office during the Reconstruction era, the twelve-year period that followed the Civil War. A politician from South Carolina, __________

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A

Elliott was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1870 by his constituents.

B

1870 was the year that Elliott was elected to the US House of Representatives by his constituents.

C

constituents of Elliott elected him to the US House of Representatives in 1870.

D

in 1870, his constituents elected Elliott to the US House of Representatives.