<p>1.) His parents sent him to school in England when he was only five, however, and Kipling did not return to India to live until twelve years later.</p>
<p>A.) As written
C.) and it was only after twelve years that Kipling lived in India</p>
<p>Answer: A
Collegeboard explanation is that Choice (C) is incorrect because it is vague and awkward.</p>
<p>My Question: Can someone explain to me why Choice (C) is considered vague and awkward. It sounds okay to me.</p>
<p>CB’s explanation is bad. (C) is wrong because it’s not parallel–the first clause is active voice and the second is passive voice.</p>
<p>I understand the parallel part, but why is the second passive? It doesn’t appear passive to me.</p>
<p>This isn’t a grammatical or parallel error. C is illogical… Should be “and it was only after 12 years that he returned to India.” not “lived in”…</p>
<p>Or returned to live in…</p>
<p>But why is it illogical? The rest of the sentence is in past tense, so shouldn’t “lived in” be okay?</p>