Choice D states : Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that ... Barbara McClintock adhered...
The sentence conveys that despite her colleagues conviction, Barbara stuck to her plans! Isn't this a distortion of the meaning conveyed in the original sentence? If option B is being eliminated for the reason that it is wordy, then going by the rule that meaning errors take precedence over concision errors, option B should be preferred to D. Please help !
The sentence conveys that despite her colleagues conviction, Barbara stuck to her plans! Isn't this a distortion of the meaning conveyed in the original sentence? If option B is being eliminated for the reason that it is wordy, then going by the rule that meaning errors take precedence over concision errors, option B should be preferred to D. Please help !