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Verbal·Standard English Conventions·Form, Structure, and Sense
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       a US state when it ratified the US Constitution on November 21, 1789, was thereby empowered, via its representatives to the US Congress, to vote on whether to admit Ohio as a state on March 1, 1803.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A
North Carolina had officially become
B
North Carolina officially became
C
North Carolina, having officially become
D
North Carolina would officially become