With residents from Mexico, China, El Salvador, and many other countries, Los Angeles has long been a city of cultural

Question

With residents from Mexico, China, El Salvador, and many other countries, Los Angeles has long been a city of cultural diversity. Even back in the 1860s, nearly 30% of the city’s population blank from outside the United States.

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

Accepted Answer

Choice B is the best answer. The convention being tested is the use of verbs to express tense in a sentence. In this choice, the past tense verb "was," used in conjunction with the prepositional phrase "from outside the United States," correctly indies that in the 1860s nearly 30% of the population in Los Angeles wasn&rsquo;t from the US. Choice A is incorrect because the present progressive tense verb "is being" doesn&rsquo;t indie that the claim about Los Angeles&rsquo;s population refers to the population back in the 1860s. Choice C is incorrect because the present tense verb "is" doesn&rsquo;t indie that the claim about Los Angeles&rsquo;s population refers to the population back in the 1860s. Choice D is incorrect because the future tense verb "will be" doesn&rsquo;t indie that the claim about Los Angeles&rsquo;s population refers to the population back in the 1860s.

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