(A) the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects
(B) the historian writing about it will inevitably reflect
(C) a historian writing about it inevitably reflects
(D) writing about it, it is inevitable for historians to reflect
(E) historians in writing about it inevitably reflect
Solution:
Pronoun
A, B, and C: “their” in “the preoccupations of their own time” has a singular antecedent “historian” and hence, all these three choices are incorrect.
D is a wordy, awkward and run on sentence.
In E, pronoun “their” has a plural antecedent and hence, E is the best choice.
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